Continuing from here , in this topic we can discuss kanji that become their own words, that are clearly derived from simpler kanji/words. For example, 掌(てのひら) (meaning palm of one’s hand), is literally 手の平. Let’s gather all of these interesting kanji that fit this pattern. When the origin isn’t a v…

Is it good like that? I’m not sure if it was that originally, but jisho lists it under “other forms”: [image]

快い (こころよい) must be 心良い right? I always wondered about 炎 (ほのお), that お makes me think the の is possessive and the spelling comes from a different word

bekku_no_ojiisan: 快い (こころよい) must be 心良い right? Good one! Jisho even lists that as a valid alternate spelling. bekku_no_ojiisan: I always wondered about 炎 (ほのお), that お makes me think the の is possessive and the spelling comes from a different word According to Goo , it’s 《「火 (ほ) の穂」…

bekku_no_ojiisan: 快い (こころよい) must be 心良い right? Apparently, yes. Also, 炎 seems to come from 火ほの穂ほ Sometimes 火 is read as ほ when joined with other kanji, like 火照ほてる. There’s more about that here (in Japanese): ウェブリブログ：サービスは終了しました。「ウェブリブログ」は 2023年1月31日をもちましてサービス提供を終了いたしました。 20…

[image] Fun Kanji, New Kanji, Non WK kanji 秤 (はかり) - scale, weighing machine :balance_scale: Hmm… :thinking:

I just learned about 瞬く (またたく) being derived from 目叩く and I thought that it would fit in this thread.

[image] seanblue: According to Goo , it’s 《「火 (ほ) の穂」の意》, but that’s a pretty major reading change. ほ and お is a change that happened in classical Japanese. The classical spelling was ほのほ. But the pronunciation was what we see today, so they spell it phonetically now.

滞る(とどこおる) has got to be one! I’m just being lazy now lemme have a look myself

bekku_no_ojiisan: 滞る(とどこおる) has got to be one! I’m just being lazy now lemme have a look myself It’s the とど of とどまる plus こおる.

Special kanji words derived from other words

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seanblue March 20, 2019, 1:59pm 27

Hmm…

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