反応

See also: 反應

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 3
おう > のう
Grade: 5
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
反應 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined by Japanese educator and zoologist Iwakawa Tomotarō in 1884 in his work 生物学語彙 (Seibutsugaku goi, “A biological vocabulary in English, Latin and Japanese”) as a translation of English reaction.[1][2]

The ō reading for changes to as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

Noun

(はん)(のう) • (hannōはんおう (fan'ou)?

  1. chemical reaction
  2. reaction, response
  3. feedback

Derived terms

  • (はん)(のう)(しき) (hannōshiki)
  • (はん)(のう)(そく)() (hannō sokudo)
  • (はん)(のう)() (hannōdo)
  • (はん)(のう)()()() (hannōdo jiko)
  • (はん)(のう)(ねつ) (hannōnetsu)

Verb

(はん)(のう)する • (hannō suruはんおう (fan'ou)?intransitive suru (stem (はん)(のう) (hannō shi), past (はん)(のう)した (hannō shita))

  1. to react chemically
  2. to respond, to react
  3. be responsive, be sensitive

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Chinese: 反應反应 (fǎnyìng)[4]
  • Korean: 반응 (baneung)
  • Vietnamese: phản ứng

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 反応”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 97