1. Meaning:person 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): と, ひと, -り Onyomi (音読み): ジン, ニン Japanese names: じ, と, ね, ひこ, ふみ, ニン Chinese reading: rén 3. Etymology 人 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 the left-hand side profile of a standing person. According to the 說文解字 (pinyin: shūowén jiězì, i.e. “Explaining Simple [Characters] and Analyzing Compound Characters”) from the 2nd century … [Read more...]
Kanji: 森
1. Meaning:forest, woods 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): もり Onyomi (音読み): シン Japanese names: もと Chinese reading: sēn 3. Etymology 森 belongs to the 会意文字 (かいいもじ, kaii moji, i.e. set of characters that are a combination of two or more pictographs, or characters whose meaning was based on an abstract concept). 森 follows a concept of three pictographs of a tree (木, き, ki) combined in one character, and it emphasises thick tree growth, i.e. woods. The definition … [Read more...]
Kanji: 上
1. Meaning:above, up, elder, ascend, summit, surface, on, superiority, etc. 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): あ.がり, -あ.がり, あ.がる, -あ.がる, あ.げる, -あ.げる, うえ, -うえ, うわ-, かみ, のぼ.す, のぼ.せる, のぼ.り, のぼ.る, よ.す Onyomi (音読み): シャン, ショウ, ジョウ Japanese names: あおい, あげ, い, か, かき, かず, かん, こう, のぼり, ほつ Chinese reading: shǎng, shàng 3. Etymology 上 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 … [Read more...]
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