From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Subject: kanji of the day ?48
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:27:55 GMT

KANJI OF THE DAY # 48

                      ****        3*
      1*******************      ******
                    ****  4*  **
    2*            ****      **          5*
      ****        ****      ****      ******
        ****    ****          ****  **
        ****  ****              ****
            ****                  ******
          ****  6*****************  ************
        ****                          ********
    ****                                  ****
****        7***8*******************
            ****                ****
            ****                ****
            ****                ****
            ****                ****
            ****9*******************
              10              11
                **            ******
                ****          ****
                ****        ****
                          **            ****
  12******************************************

(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 3432 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 936F (hexcode)
NELSON   = 3094
MIYAMOTO = 12-284
KUNZE    =

   OnYomi: TOU, TO
  Kunyomi: nobo(ri)  -  climbing
           nobo(ru)  -  to climb

           I think the kunyomi verb is nowadays usually written

           with NELSON 798:  |
                             |--
                             |
                           ------

Mnemonics:  "Jack CLIMBING the bean stalk"

Derivation:

              hands          legs
                |            |
                V     ****   V    **
      ********************      ******
                    ****  **  **
    **            ****      **          **
      ****        ****      ****      ******
        ****    ****          ****  **
        ****  ****              ****
            ****                  ******
          ****  ******************  ************
        ****         ^                ********
    ****            object              ****
****        ************************
            ****                ****
            ****                **** <-- table board
            ****                ****
            ****                ****                    <--Lower part:
            ************************                       "bean"
              **              **
                **            ******  <-- legs
                ****          ****
                ****        ****
                          **            ****
  ******************************************** <-- floor

Remark: Ancient small altars resembled a bean shape (MIYAMOTO).

Compounds:

TOzan     -   mountain climbing
TOUkou    -   attending school
kiNOBOri  -   tree climbing
TOUki     -   registry, registration

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Two further books about kanji:

Yoshida, Y.; Saji K., Nishide I.
"The first step to kanji. Part I."
Osaka University of foreign studies. 1969.

Yoshida, Y.; Saji K., Nishide I., Ohkura M.
"The second step to kanji. Part I."
Osaka University of foreign studies. 1969.

These two books are among the best I found so far. The first one contains
300 kanji and the second one 500, together 800 of the most important.
They are ideally suited for self study and contain all the informations
I usually collect for the "Kanji of the day" messages, i.e. derivations
of original forms, mnemonics, examples of compounds etc.

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Kurt Stueber
e-mail: stueber@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
Tel:  +49-221-5062537
Fax:  +49-221-5062513

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