基因
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Contents |
Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 基 | 因 |
Noun [edit]
基因 (hiragana きいん, romaji kiin)
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 基因 | |||
Etymology [edit]
From 基 ("base, foundation") + 因 ("reason, factor"). The sense of gene is a phono-semantic matching of English gene, literally "fundamental factor".
Noun [edit]
基因 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jīyīn)
Synonyms [edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 基
- Japanese terms spelled with 因
- Japanese nouns
- Mandarin nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese hanzi
- Mandarin terms in simplified script derived from English
- Mandarin terms in traditional script derived from English
