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行動圏 (こうどうけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

行こう動どう圏けん

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Meanings

1

home range

Biology term for the area an animal normally lives and travels in; not used for human daily activity range in everyday speech.

このクマの行こう動どう圏けんは約やく50平へい方ほう

キロメートル

です

。

This bear's home range is about 50 square kilometers.

Kanji

行going, journey, carry out
動move, motion, change
圏sphere, circle, radius

Related words

縄なわ張ばり
縄張り is a territory that an animal defends, while 行動圏 is the broader area it uses without necessarily defending it.

Built from

行こう動どう+圏けん

Etymology

Compound of 行動 (action, behavior) and 圏 (sphere, range). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern biology.