1. Meaning:female, woman 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): おんな, め Onyomi (音読み): ジョ, ニョ, ニョウ Japanese names: おな, た, つき, な Chinese reading: nǔ, rǔ 3. Etymology 女 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 woman kneeling on the ground, shown with her arms entangled, holding a garment. The definition of the character 女 found in “Explaining Simple (Characters) and Analyzing Compound Characters” … [Read more...]
Kanji: 出
1. Meaning:come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): い.だす, い.でる, だ.す, -だ.す, -で, で.る Onyomi (音読み): シュツ、 スイ Japanese names: いず, いづ, いで, じ, すっ, すつ, てん Chinese reading: chū 3. Etymology 出 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 footprint, or more precisely an imprint of the heel with the addition of a curved line engulfing its lower part. The shape … [Read more...]
Kanji: 十
1. Meaning:ten 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): と, とお Onyomi (音読み): ジッ, ジュウ, ジュッ Japanese names: い, か, ぎ, さ, し, そ, そう, ち, とう, ね, ま, る, わ Chinese reading: shí 3. Etymology 十 belongs to the 指事文字 (しじもじ, shijimoji, i.e. set of characters expressing simple abstract concepts). The original idea expressed by the oracle bone script (甲骨文, こうこつぶん, kōkotsubun) forms, as well as some of the kinbun (金文, きんぶん, i.e. “text on metal”) forms, suggest that the shape of 十 was based on … [Read more...]
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