From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Subject: kanji of the day #21
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:22:00 GMT

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(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 4210 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 979A (hexcode)
NELSON   = 5129
MIYAMOTO = 16-297
KUNZE    = 75-23

 OnYomi: RAI
Kunyomi: tano(mi) - request, recourse
         tano(mu) - to ask, to entrust with, to rely on

Mnemonics:  "Asking for money"

            Sea-shell money is ASKED for, whereupon a bound
            prisoner ist released.


Derivation:


        **
        **      ******************  <- lid of a shellfish (?)
  **************        **            The ancient form of this top part is
        **        **************      like "knife":   ********
        **        **          **                         *   *
  **************  **          **                        *    *
  **    **    **  **************                       *    **
  **    **    **  **          **
  **************  **          **     <- sea shell = money
        **        **************
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        ^
        wood, with a circle around it = a bundle (signifies a bound
                                        prisoner.

Compounds:

shinRAI   -  trust

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I have to apologize for not posting, but our computer system has been
under repair during the last few days and mailing was not possible.

A provokative statement:
When you learn Japanese, the worst thing you might do is starting to
read the GENJI NO MONOGATARI. Its value for the understanding of modern Japan
is nil. This can be likened to the complete irrelevance of HOMER for the
understanding of modern Greece. BTW: The "Genji" has been translated
to all major European languages.

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This is Nr. 0021
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