転化

See also: 轉化

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
轉化 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881 in his work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, Dictionary of Philosophy) as a translation of English becoming, based on the phrase 轉化推移,得一之道,而以少正多 in the Huainanzi (淮南子).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(てん)() • (tenka) てんくわ (tenkwa)?

  1. change, conversion, transformation
    Synonym: 変化 (henka)
  2. (chemistry) inversion
  3. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

  • (てん)()(とう) (tenkatō)
  • (そう)()(てん)() (sōgo tenka)

Verb

(てん)()する • (tenka suru) てんくわ (tenkwa)?intransitive suru (stem (てん)() (tenka shi), past (てん)()した (tenka shita))

  1. to change, to transform
    Synonyms: 変化する (henka suru), 変わる (kawaru)
  2. (chemistry) to invert
  3. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

References

  1. Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881), 哲学字彙”, in National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, University of Tokyo, page 10
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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