識字憂患

Japanese

Kanji in this term
識	字	憂	患
しき Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1	ゆう Grade: S	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Clipped from Literary Chinese 人生識字憂患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ, “misery of life start at literacy”), from the Chinese poem 石蒼舒醉墨堂 by Su Shi (蘇軾).

Compound of 識字 (“literacy”) +‎ 憂患 (“misery”).

Noun

識(しき)字(じ)憂(ゆう)患(かん) • (shikiji yūkan) 

1. misery brought by literacy

See also

• 人生字(じんせいじ)を識(し)るは憂患(ゆうかん)の始(はじ)め (jinsei ji o shiru wa yūkan no hajime)

Korean

Hanja in this term
識	字	憂	患

Noun

識字憂患 • (sikjauhwan) (hangeul 식자우환)

1. Hanja form^? of 식자우환 (“misery brought by literacy”).