適者生存

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Chinese

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to fit; to suit ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
to live; to exist; to subsist
to live; to exist; to subsist; to survive
 
trad. (適者生存) 適 者 生存
simp. (适者生存) 适 者 生存
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Pronunciation

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Phrase

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適者生存

  1. survival of the fittest

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
適 者 生 存
てき
Grade: 5 		しゃ
Grade: 3 		せい
Grade: 1 		ぞん
Grade: 6
kan'yōon on'yomi kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
適者生存 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

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Compound of 適(てき)者(しゃ) (tekisha, “adapted one”) + 生(せい)存(ぞん) (seizon, “survives”).

Coined by Japanese biologist and zoologist Ishikawa Chiyomatsu in 1883 in his work 動物進化論 (Dōbutsu Shinkaron) as a translation of English survival of the fittest.[1][2]

In addition, it was translated as 適(てき)種(しゅ)生(せい)存(ぞん) (tekishu seizon) in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō.[1][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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適(てき)者(しゃ)生(せい)存(ぞん) • (tekisha seizon) 

  1. the survival of the fittest
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “適者生存”, in 日本国語大辞典‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙‎[2], University of Tokyo, page 88
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
適者生存

Noun

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適者生存 • (jeokjasaengjon) (hangeul 적자생존)

  1. hanja form? of 적자생존
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