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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

from ‘ten’ + ‘mouths’.

Han character [edit]

(radical 30 +2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十口 (JR), four-corner 40600, composition)

  1. old, classic, ancient
  2. used as a surname

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References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 171, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3233
  • Dae Jaweon: page 380, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 568, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+53E4

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping gu2, Yale gu2)


Japanese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

inisipe > inisiɸe > inisiwe > inisie. Literally "that which has passed". From the verb in- (pass) in adverbial form ini, the past marker ki in attributive form si, and pe (time, direction).

Noun [edit]

(hiragana いにしえ, romaji inishie, historical hiragana いにしへ)

  1. the past
  2. ancient times

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: go, McCune-Reischauer: ko)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: ye, McCune-Reischauer: ye)

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Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin (gu3), Wade-Giles ku3)

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*gǒ)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(cổ, cỗ, kẻ)