原始

Chinese

 
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
begin
simp. and trad.
(原始)
variant forms 元始

Pronunciation


Adjective

原始

  1. primitive
  2. first; original
  3. (linguistics) proto-
  4. (attributive, of a source, document, etc.) original; first-hand

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2

Grade: 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

原始 (hiragana げんし, rōmaji genshi)

  1. primal, primeval
  2. source (data etc.)
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