From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Subject: Kanji of the day ?66
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:02:37 GMT

KANJI OF THE DAY # 66

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(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 3310 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 92B2 (hexcode)
NELSON   = 4392
MIYAMOTO = 15-282
KUNZE    =

   OnYomi: CHOU
  Kunyomi: shira(be)  - melody, inspection
           shira(beru) - to investigate, to examine, to inspect
           totono(eru) - to prepare, to supply, to fill (orders), to adjust

Mnemonics:  "Vocal tuning"

Derivation:

to speak (mouth with
signs coming out)       "go round to examine"
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Compounds:

CHOUshi     -  tune, key, rhythm, tone, way, condition
CHOUsa      -  investigation, examination
CHOUsetsu   -  adjustment
CHOUwa      -  harmony, accord, agreement
CHOUritsu   -  tuning

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The main disadvantage of the Japanese character fonts for computers is that
they do contain all sorts of foreign alphabets including Greek and Russian
but do not contain any GERMAN UMLAUTS!!!

So how should one ever be able to edit a Japanese-German dictionary?

For instance                                             **  **
this is a German umlaut and should be written like this:
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e-mail: stueber@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
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This is number 0066

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