適者生存

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Chinese[edit]

to fit; to suit ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
 
to live; to exist; to subsist
to live; to exist; to subsist; to survive
trad. (適者生存) 生存
simp. (适者生存) 生存
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Pronunciation[edit]


Phrase[edit]

適者生存

  1. survival of the fittest

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
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[edit]

Compound of (てき)(しゃ) (tekisha, adapted one) + (せい)(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 (てき)(しゅ)(せい)(ぞん) (tekishu seizon) in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, Philosophy Dictionary) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō.[1][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(てき)(しゃ)(せい)(ぞん) (tekisha seizon

  1. the survival of the fittest

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 適者生存”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎[2], University of Tokyo, page 88
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: 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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

適者生存 (jeokjasaengjon) (hangeul 적자생존)

  1. Hanja form? of 적자생존.