ヒト科
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 科 |
| か Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 人 (hito, “person; human”) + 科 (ka, “family”, in taxonomic contexts).[1]
The katakana spelling of the hito portion is from the common convention in Japanese biology-related contexts to use katakana for taxonomic names.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN