劣等感

Chinese

inferior; low-grade
 
to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (劣等感) 劣等
simp. #(劣等感) 劣等

Pronunciation


Noun

劣等感

  1. inferiority complex (a sense of inferiority)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れつ > れっ
Grade: S
とう
Grade: 3
かん
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 劣等(れっとう) (rettō, inferiority) + (かん) (kan, feeling).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っとーかん [rèttóꜜòkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞t̚to̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

(れっ)(とう)(かん) • (rettōkan) 

  1. (psychology) an inferiority complex

Antonyms

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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