02-19-2010, 10:10 AM
>Japan has kept some of the Chinese phonetic
that means, not all kanjis have their original phonetics.
the kanji for spring (haru), for example, has retained its original sound (shun) in some cases, like shun-giku (a kind of vegetable). that's what they call on-yomi (phonetic reading, loosely translated).
that means, not all kanjis have their original phonetics.
the kanji for spring (haru), for example, has retained its original sound (shun) in some cases, like shun-giku (a kind of vegetable). that's what they call on-yomi (phonetic reading, loosely translated).
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