Archive for the 'On Kanji 2' Category

Resources on This Site Kanji Curiosity, Eve’s blog about kanji Glossary of kanji terms Crazy for Kanji: A Student’s Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters, Eve’s book “The Way of Kanji,” Eve’s essay in the April 2007 East Bay Monthly about kanji as her path to serenity Blogs About Kanji, Hanzi, and Japanese [...]

What Is Kanji? Other Kanji-Related Terms

glossary.

All these charming words (tekubi, ashikubi, hanakubi, kubippiki, and ikubi) are kun-kun combinations, so we know they came from Old Japan. That is, these wago words are not part of the kango vocabulary that Japan imported from China when acquiring kanji. Note: For definitions of unknown words here, consult the glossary.