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原理

原理

Chinese

 
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad.
(原理)

Noun

原理

  1. principle; tenet
    馬克思主義基本原理 [MSC, trad.]
    马克思主义基本原理 [MSC, simp.]
    mǎkèsīzhǔyì jīběn yuánlǐ [Pinyin]
    the basic principles of Marxism

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From (gen, principle) + (ri, theory).

Noun

原理 (hiragana げんり, romaji genri)

  1. A fundamental truth that bases on.
  2. An eternal law that is common over lots of fact.
  3. (philosophy) A basic fact which explains why something exist.
  4. (physics) A basic scientific law which explains how a thing works, especially, that is quite primitive and have been found at very long ago; a principle.
    アルキメデスの原理 (げんり)
    arukimedesu no genri
    Archimedes' principle

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Compounds

  • 原理主義 (げんりしゅぎ) (genrishugi)