古事記

See also: 古事记

Chinese

		literature; classical allusion	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (古事記)		古事	記
simp. (古事记)		古事	记

Etymology

From Japanese 古事記 (Kojiki).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔshìjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔshìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔshìhjì
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-shih⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: Gǔ-shr̀-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guushyhjih
    • Palladius: Гушицзи (Gušiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 古事記

1. Kojiki (earliest historical record of ancient Japan written in 711-712 CE)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
古	事	記
こ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3	き Grade: 2
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Compound of 古事 (koji, “ancient matters”) +‎ 記 (ki, “written record”).

Alternatively, from 古 (ko, “ancient”) +‎ 事記 (jiki, “recorded written events”).

Proper noun

古(こ)事(じ)記(き) • (Kojiki) 

1. the earliest historical record of ancient Japan, written in 711-712 CE

Derived terms

• 古事記伝(こじきでん) (Kojiki-den)
• 古訓古事記(こくんこじき) (Kokun Kojiki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
古	事	記
ふる Grade: 2	こと Grade: 3	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 2
kun'yomi		nanori

The kun-read spelling, coined by Motoori Norinaga in his titular commentary, the Kojiki-den (1798).

Equivalent to 古事 (furukoto, “ancient matters”) +‎ 書 (fumi, “writing”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

古(ふる)事(こと)記(ぶみ) • (Furukotobumi) 

1. (rare) the Kojiki (earliest historical record of ancient Japan written in 711-712 CE)
   • 1798, Motoori Norinaga, Commentaries on the Kojiki

     さて日本紀(にほんぎ)をば、夜麻登夫美(ヤマ)と訓(ブミとよ)むを...されど彼(か)の夜麻登夫美(ヤマトブミ)の例(れい)に傚(なら)はば、布琉許登夫美(フルコトブミ)とぞ訓(よま)まし

     Sate Nihongi o ba, Yamatobumi to yomu o... saredo ka no Yamatobumi no rei ni narawaba, Furukotobumi to zo yomamashi

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Coordinate terms

• 日本書紀(にほんしょき) (Nihon Shoki)
• 風土記(ふどき) (Fudoki)
• 万葉集(まんようしゅう) (Man'yōshū)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
古	事	記

Proper noun

古事記 • (Gosagi) (hangeul 고사기)

1. hanja form^? of 고사기 (“Kojiki”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
古	事	記

Proper noun

古事記

1. chữ Hán form of Cổ sự ký (“Kojiki”).