群生

Chinese
crowd; flock; group
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (群生/羣生) 群/羣 生
simp. (群生) 群 生

Pronunciation

Noun

群生

  1. (literary) living beings.
  2. (literary) the common people.
    Synonym: 眾生／众生 (zhòngshēng)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
群 生
ぐん
Grade: 4		 せい
Grade: 1
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
群棲

生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぐんせー [gùńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ᵝɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

群(ぐん)生(せい) • (gunsei) ←ぐんせい (gunsei)?

  1. (of animals) living together
  2. (of plants) growing together
  3. Same as ぐんじょう below.

Verb

群(ぐん)生(せい)する • (gunsei suru) ←ぐんせい (gunsei)?intransitive suru (stem 群(ぐん)生(せい)し (gunsei shi), past 群(ぐん)生(せい)した (gunsei shita))

  1. (of animals) to live together
  2. (of plants) to grow together
Conjugation
Conjugation of "群生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 群生し ぐんせいし gunsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 群生し ぐんせいし gunsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 群生する ぐんせいする gunsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 群生する ぐんせいする gunsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 群生すれ ぐんせいすれ gunsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 群生せよ¹
群生しろ²		 ぐんせいせよ¹
ぐんせいしろ²		 gunsei seyo¹
gunsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 群生される ぐんせいされる gunsei sareru
Causative 群生させる
群生さす		 ぐんせいさせる
ぐんせいさす		 gunsei saseru
gunsei sasu
Potential 群生できる ぐんせいできる gunsei dekiru
Volitional 群生しよう ぐんせいしよう gunsei shiyō
Negative 群生しない ぐんせいしない gunsei shinai
Negative continuative 群生せず ぐんせいせず gunsei sezu
Formal 群生します ぐんせいします gunsei shimasu
Perfective 群生した ぐんせいした gunsei shita
Conjunctive 群生して ぐんせいして gunsei shite
Hypothetical conditional 群生すれば ぐんせいすれば gunsei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
群 生
ぐん
Grade: 4		 しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぐんじょー [gùńjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ᵝɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

群(ぐん)生(じょう) • (gunjō) ←ぐんじやう (gunzyau)?

  1. (Buddhism) all living things

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
群生

Noun

群生 • (gunsaeng) (hangeul 군생)

  1. Hanja form? of 군생.
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