Category: Kanji Etymology

  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Jou

    25/07/2012
    Spätere Siegelschrift-Formen des Schriftzeichens 上 wurden von denen der Orakelknochenschrift und kinbun abgeleitet.
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Jin

    11/07/2012
    Shu shen (許慎, pinyin: Xǔ Shèn, ca. 58 C.E. – ca. 147 C.E.), the meaning of the character 人 was…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shin

    28/06/2012
    森 folgt einem Konzept von drei Piktogrammen des Schriftzeichens für Baum (木, き, ki), kombiniert in einem einzigen Zeichen und…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shin

    20/06/2012
    森 follows a concept of three pictographs of a tree (木, き, ki) combined in one character, and it emphasises…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Jou

    14/06/2012
    the character 上 originally meant “the higher part (or place)”, and it was represented by two horizontal lines. In later…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shou

    24/05/2012
    Xiao Xu Ben a revision of Shuowen Jiezi written by the Late Han dynasty scholar Xu Kai, supports the above…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Jo

    09/05/2012
    a philologist of the Han dynasty (漢朝, pinyin: Hàn Cháo, 206 B.C. – 220 C.E.) is quite simple and straight…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shutsu

    24/04/2012
    The shape of the character 出 symbolises a step forward executed with vigour; each step starts from placing the heel…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Juu

    12/04/2012
    the shape of 十 was based on the concept of a vertically oblong tool used for calculations (Figures 1 and…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shu

    08/04/2012
    Although the modern form of the character 手 may be somewhat misleading (6 fingers), the “hand" radical 扌 still resembles…