From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: kanji of the day #22
Date: 27 Jul 92 13:37:42 GMT
Distribution: fj


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

(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 3235 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 9266 (hexcode)
NELSON   = 2078
MIYAMOTO = 11-174
KUNZE    = 52-9 (old form)

 OnYomi: DAN
Kunyomi: koto(waru) - to decline, to refuse, to give notice
         ta(tsu)    - to sever, to give up (drinking), to exterminate
         koto(wari) - refusal

Mnemonics:  "Cutting rope with a hatchet"
             (REFUSING a link)

Derivation:

                              **
    **      **            ******
    **  **  **  **  ********
    **  **  **  **  **
    **  **  **  **  **
    **      **      **
    **  **********  **************  <-- hatchet
    **      **      **      **
    **    ******    **      **
    **    ****  **  **      **
    **  **  **  **  **      **
    **      **      **      **
    **      **      **      **
    **              **      **
    ******************      **
          ^        **        **
          ^
          Abbreviated form. Was: four threads divided by cutting lines

Compounds:

DANjiki  -  a fast
yuDAN    -  negligence, careless, unpreparedness
hanDAN   -  judgment
ketsuDAN -  decision

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

In reply to the replies I got about my statement against the Genji no
monogatari:

Of cource I do not think, that the Genji is of no value, but its use
to learn *contemporary* Japanese may be somewhat limited. I'd rather
propose to study modern literature which exists in abundance.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kurt Stueber, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Zuechtungsforschung
              Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10, D-5000 Koeln 30
e-mail: stueber@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
Tel:  +49-221-5062537
Fax:  +49-221-5062513

This is Nr. 0022
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

          **            **
          **          **
  ****    **  **  ****
  **  **  **  **  **
  **  **  ****    **
  **      **      **********
  ******************    **
  **    ****      **    **
  **    ******    **    **
  **  **  **  **  **    **
  ****    **  ****      **
  **      **    **      **
  **************        **
  **                    **