From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Subject: Kanji of the day ?76
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:43:35 GMT

KANJI OF THE DAY # 76

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(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 2812 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 8FF4 (hexcode)
NELSON   = 3010
MIYAMOTO = 12-275
KUNZE    =

   OnYomi: JOU
  Kunyomi: tatami - mat

Mnemonics:  "Rice straw mats folded and piled up in the corner of the
             floor"

Derivation:  (old form)
   JIS      = 6056 (serial number)
   shiftJIS = E167 (hexcode)

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            ************************  <--- rice field
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      **    **      **    **    **      **     plural
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Compounds:

TATAmi-ireru   -  to fold up, to fold in
TATAmi suiren  -  "swimming" on tatami, useless endeavor
TATAmibari     -  a tatami needle
JOUgo          -  syllable repetition to indicate plurals, etc.
TATAmizan      -  fortunetelling by mat meshes

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone.

A small conversation:

she: Is that your new Japanese textbook? Lets see.
me:  Yes, I just got it from the bookshop.
she: What does that mean: "Daigaku wa eki no mae desu"
me:  Well, that means that the university is in front of the
     railway station...
she: Oh, you really can understand that! Then why do you never
     understand what they are saying in these Japanese TV shows?
me:  Ehem...

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This is number 0076

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