原型

• ピンイン: yuán xíng
• 漢字の分解: 原 = 厂 + 泉 (original source); 型 = 刑 + 土 (form/shape + earth — the mold/form in clay, hence model/type/prototype)

意味

原型（プロトタイプ／モデル）

Used in literature (the real person who inspired a fictional character), product design (the first functional model of a product), psychology (Jungian archetypes — 荣格原型理论), and engineering. 原型人物 (the real-life model for a character), 产品原型 (product prototype), and 神话原型 (mythological archetype) are common compounds. In Jungian theory, 原型 refers to universal unconscious patterns shared across cultures.

例文

1. 研究者比对史料后发现，这部自传体小说的人物很可能以作者父亲为原型，且多处情节与档案记载吻合。
2. 硅谷强调快速做原型，先用最小可行产品验证假设，再根据用户反馈持续迭代。
3. 荣格认为，神话、梦境和宗教仪式中普遍存在英雄、阴影等原型，构成集体无意识的基本结构。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, product design, psychology, engineering, mythology, film

トーン: intellectual

正しい言い方

• 原型阶段的价值不在完美成品，而在低成本暴露设计问题，为后续迭代提供数据。(The value of the prototype stage is not a perfect finished product, but exposing design problems at low cost and providing data for later iteration.)
• 比较神话学常通过原型分析创世神话，发现不同文化里常有相似叙事，这支持人类认知结构普遍性的假说。(Comparative mythology often uses archetypal analysis of creation myths and finds similar narratives across cultures, which supports the hypothesis that human cognitive structures are universal.)

避ける言い方

• 他是那种典型人物的原型 — be specific about which sense is intended; clarify with 这个角色以他为原型 (this character is based on him) or 他是英雄原型的典型代表 (he is a typical embodiment of the hero archetype) to avoid ambiguity

起源と歴史

原 (original/primary) + 型 (model/form/mold — 刑form + 土earth, the mold from which things are shaped). Together: the original mold or form — the first model from which copies or variations derive.

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal