Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 は 原げん 典てん に 基もと づく to be based on the original text
This translation is based on the old original text.
原げん 典てん を 参さん 照しょう する to consult the original text
When writing a paper, always consult the original text.
原げん 典てん に 忠ちゅう 実じつ だ to be faithful to the original text
This translation is praised for being faithful to the original text.
原げん 典てん を 読よ む to read the original text
He can read the original text in Greek.
Kanji 原 meadow, original, primitive Related words 原文 is the general term for the original wording of any text, while 原典 stresses the authoritative source document, often in scholarly contexts.
原作 names the original work that a film, manga, or adaptation is based on, whereas 原典 refers to the original text itself as a reference source.
底本 is the specific manuscript or edition used as the basis for an edited or printed text, while 原典 is the broader idea of the original source text.
原典 refers to the authoritative source text used for quotation or scholarship, while 原本 emphasizes the actual physical original document or copy.
原書 usually means a foreign-language book in its unadapted original form, while 原典 refers more broadly to the original source text of a quotation, classic, or academic work.
Don't confuse with 原点 (same pronunciation) means a point of origin or starting point, while 原典 refers to an original written text; the two are unrelated in meaning despite sounding identical.
原典 is the original, unaltered text itself, while 出典 is just the bibliographic reference pointing to where a quotation came from.
Etymology Compound of 原 (gen, 'original') and 典 (ten, 'code, rule, book'). The combination straightforwardly means 'original book' or 'source text'.
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