霊長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
霊	長
れい Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 靈長

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) れーちょー [rèéchóó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

霊長 (hiragana れいちょう, rōmaji reichō, historical hiragana れいちやう)

the human as the most advanced being
人 (ひと)は万 (ばん)物 (ぶつ)の霊 (れい)長 (ちょう)である。
Hito wa banbutsu no reichō de aru.
The human is the most advanced species of all.

See also

霊 (れい)長 (ちょう)類 (るい) (reichōrui)
霊 (れい)長 (ちょう)目 (もく) (Reichōmoku)

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