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基原 (きげん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

基き原げん

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Meanings

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noun

ingredient (of a crude drug)

Technical term used in pharmacognosy and traditional medicine to refer to the raw material or constituent of a crude drug.

この生しょう薬やくの基き原げんは甘かん草ぞうである。
The ingredient of this crude drug is licorice.
基き原げん植しょく物ぶつの同どう定ていが重じゅう要ようだ。
Identification of the source plant is important.

Written forms

基き原げんUsage100%
Standard kanji form for this technical term.
基き源げん
Variant kanji form; 源 emphasizes 'source/origin'.

Kanji

基fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines
原meadow, original, primitive
源

source, origin

Similar words

原げん料りょう
原料 is a general term for raw materials in manufacturing, while 基原 is a specialized term for the specific ingredient of a crude drug.
起き源げん
起源 means 'origin' in a broad sense (historical, biological, etc.), whereas 基原 is limited to the source material of a drug.

Etymology

Compound of 基 (base, foundation) and 原 (source, origin). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'source ingredient' in pharmacological contexts.