From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: kanji of the day ?46
Date: 28 Sep 92 11:14:54 GMT
Distribution: fj

KANJI OF THE DAY # 46

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(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 3856 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 95A0 (hexcode)
NELSON   = 3800
MIYAMOTO = 13-281
KUNZE    = 189-59

   OnYomi: FUKU
  Kunyomi: hara  -  abdomen, belly, bowels, guts, stomach, heart
                    mind, intention, courage, spirit, plack, anger,
                    womb, thickest or widest part
           (o)naka -  belly, stomach
           fuku (suru) - to submit to, to yield to, to give in to,
                         to obey, to abide by, to be devoted to,
                         to aknowledge, to admit, to serve (in the army)
                         to discharge (one's duties)

Mnemonics:  "Digestive and bowel movement"

Derivation:

   Flesh (or body part)
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                                ^
                             right side: "a days trip" or "to come back"
                                         signifying a repeated movement.
Compounds:

FUKUtsuu  or HARAita  -  stomach ache, colic, abdominal pain
FUKUse                -  front and back, both sides
manPUKU               -  eating full

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I was delighted to see that my short remark at the end of the Kanji-of-the-
day #44 about the use of roman letters in Japanese texts invoked several
interesting answers. I usually append such answers to my own versions of
the kanji messages and whoever later on receives a copy will also receive
the replies.

During my last three days holiday I was able to visit the "Seminar Fuer
Orientalische Sprachen" (seminar for oriental languages) in Bonn and
extract some interesting books from their library. More about this later
but now I just want to mention a book from Michael Pye "The study of Kanji"
published in 1971 by Hokuseido Press, Tokyo.

The author collected all kanji with similar on-readings.

For instance the kanji given above with the on-reading FUKU falls in a
group with FUKU suru (hex: 959C) - to return
           FUKU (hex: 95A1)      - double
           FUKU (hex: 95A2)      - to overturn, to cover
           FUKU (hex: E965)      - fragrance
who all share the right hand part, but with the exeption
           RI (hex: 979A)        - to put on the feet, shoes.
where the spelling differs.

This book should be very valuable for all those who want to learn
the on reading. There are of course no such clues for the kun readings.
The groups with the same spelling usually are quite small und have
many exceptions, so be careful not to overgeneralize.

Nonetheless gives PYE some hints for the learning of kun readings in
listing homonyms and he also lists common cases where kanji might look
similar and are apt to be confused.

The book is intended for self study but can only be used as an
addition to a regular kanji course.

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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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