Category talk:Japanese-only CJKV Characters

Introduction

Section added. —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 00:11, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

In case it's not clear, this category is intended for the "overall" characters, not individual variants. This means that characters shouldn't be added to this category just because they are a shinjitai variant of a traditional Chinese character.

Here's the list of kokuji list from sci.lang.japan newsgroup.

Note that not all of these character belong in this category because quite a few have acquired a Chinese or at least a Korean usage as well. Another category just for kokuji would not be a bad idea.

The category currently has more characters than this list. It's quite likely that some of our character entries are simply missing the Chinese and/or Korean information. When the missing info is added, such characters should be removed from the category of course.

• 鰯 3073 いわし sardine
• 樫 335f かし evergreen oak
• 粁 364e キロメートル kilometre
• 喰 3674 く.う く.らう じき eat, drink, receive (a blow)
• 込 397e こ.む こ.み こ.める こみ ごめ crowded, mixture, in bulk, included
• 榊 3a67 さかき sacred Shinto tree
• 鴫 3c32 しぎ snipe
• 糎 4138 センチメートル せんち centimetre
• 凧 427c いかのぼり たこ kite
• 鱈 432d セツ たら codfish
• 栂 444e つが とが hemlock
• 辻 4454 つじ crossing, crossroad, street corners
• 峠 463d とうげ mountain pass, climax, crest
• 栃 464a とち horse chestnut
• 噸 4655 トン tonnage
• 凪 4664 なぎ な.ぐ lull, calm
• 匂 4677 にお.う にお.い にお.わせる おり こう さぎ fragrant, stink, glow, insinuate
• 畑 482a はた はたけ -ばたけ かま まま farm, field, garden, one's specialty
• 畠 482b はたけ はた はな field, farm, garden
• 噺 4838 はなし talk
• 鋲 4946 びょう rivet, tack, thumbtack
• 辺 4a55 ヘン あた.り ほと.り -べ なべ environs, boundary, border, vicinity
• 柾 4b6f まさ まさめ まさき straight grain, spindle tree
• 俣 4b73 また ばた crotch, thigh, groin
• 麿 4b7b まろ ま I, you
• 粍 4c30 ミリメートル みり millimetre
• 杢 4c5d モク woodworker
• 籾 4c62 もみ unhulled rice
• 匁 4c68 もんめ め ひゃくめ monme, 3.75 grams
• 鑓 4c7a やり spear, javelin
• 枠 4f48 くにぎ くぬぎ oak used for charcoal
• 毟 5d5b ネン なまず fresh water catfish
• 処 3031 し.める して adding up, bundle, a weight of about 8.5 pounds
• 署 3f63 むし.る むしりと.る pluck, pick, tear
• 薯 435f カセ かせ reel, hank, skein
• 薯 437a しきみ grave tree

Kokuji subsequently adopted by other countries

Since some kokuji have gone on to be used in other counries, the way this category is named does not really mean the same thing as kokuji. Kokuji means a character was invented in Japan. "Japanese-only CJKV Characters" suggests that a character was not used outside of Japan. These are two different concepts. For this reason I think we also need a Category:Japanese kokuji or such. As an example, 働 seems to have been used in Korea and has a Korean reading even though it was originally devised in Japan. — hippietrail 02:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed; as discussed above, some Japanese-coined characters are used in Japanese only, while others are used outside Japanese. I’ve thus created two new categories:

• Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters, and
• Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters used outside Japanese

Enjoy, and please help categorize!

—Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 00:11, 6 December 2009 (UTC)