Category: Kanji Etymology

  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Sha

    12/03/2012
    we find a definition of 車, stating that it is a cart equipped with a seat(s) (human pulled carriage or…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shichi

    08/03/2012
    the symbolic meaning of the character 七, describing it as one of the sacred numbers (聖数, pinyin: shèngshù), which are…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Jii

    01/03/2012
    耳 belongs to the 象形文字 (しょうけいもじ, shōkeimoji, i.e. set of characters of pictographic origin). It is a pictograph of a…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Yama

    11/02/2012
    A 山 írásjegy hangzása, valamint másodlagos jelentései sok szállal kapcsolódnak az ősi kínai mítoszokhoz. Az "Egyszerű írásjegyek magyarázata és összetett
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Ji

    09/02/2012
    字 is composed of two characters, 子 (し, shi, “child”) and 宀 (べん, ben, i.e. “roof” radical, found in Chinese…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Ito

    01/02/2012
    To understand the reasoning behind this classification one needs to look at the old form of the character 糸, which…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shi

    25/01/2012
    However, the modern shape of the character 四 has no ancient forms. The oldest form of this character is found…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shi

    19/01/2012
    子 is believed to be ruled by the water element (one of the four elements of nature that define the…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Yama

    11/01/2012
    The sound and secondary meanings of the character 山 are strongly related to ancient Chinese myths. In “Explaining Simple (Characters)…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology San

    04/01/2012
    三 is also closely related to the divinatory system of 64 hexagrams, introduced in the Book of Changes, also known…