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原形 (げんけい): original form, base form — Japanese vocabulary

原形 is read げんけい and means "original form, base form". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

原形

Reading
げんけい · genkei
Translation
original form, base form
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
げんけいが

Example

ギリシャ人たちは幾何学の理論的原形を作った。

ギリシャじんたちはきかがくのりろんてきげんけいをつくった。

The Greeks made theoretical models of geometry.

Kanji in this word

  • 原 — original, field
  • 形 — shape, form

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