1. Meaning: month, moon 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): つき Onyomi (音読み): ガツ、 ゲツ Japanese names: おと、 がっ、 す、 ずき、 もり Chinese reading: yuè 3. Etymology 月 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 crescent moon. According to 說文解字 (shūo wén jiě zì, i.e. “Explaining Simple (Characters) and Analyzing Compound Characters”), by the philologist 許慎 (Xǔ Shèn, ca. 58 C.E. – ca. 147 C.E.), the sound of … [Read more...]
Kanji: 空
1. Meaning: empty, sky, vacant, vacuum, void 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): あ.き、 あ.く、 あ.ける、 から、 す.かす、 す.く、 そら、 むな.しい Onyomi (音読み): クウ Japanese names: うつ、 き、 く Chinese reading: kōng, kòng 3. Etymology 空 belongs to the 形声文字 (けいせいもじ, keiseimoji, i.e. phono-semantic compound characters). This is by far the largest group of Chinese characters, encompassing about 85 - 90% of all kanji, which are constructed of semantic (disclosing the general nature of a character) … [Read more...]
Kanji: 金
1. Meaning: metal, gold, money 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): かな-、 かね、 -がね Onyomi (音読み): キン、 コン、 ゴン Japanese names: かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん Chinese reading: jīn 3. Etymology 金 belongs to the 象形文字(しょうけいもじ, shōkeimoji i.e. set of characters of pictographic origin). The kanji 金 is a pictograph of copper ore cast in a mould. It can also represent one of the 五色の金 (ごしきのかね, go shiki no kane, i.e. “metals of the five colors). The "five metals" were already discussed in the … [Read more...]
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