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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

"Holy" Japanese calligraphy



"" (sei, or kiyoi). It is translated as holy, sacred, sage.
This character is written by Kanzi,
Regularscript.

Etymology : Phono-semantic compound
semantic
(ears)  +  phonetic (show, appear)

The cherry blossoms do not talk to us.
They are seen in merely us.
However, they show some irreplaceable thing to us.

4 comments:

  1. Thank you Ruma for sharing with us..
    Costas

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  2. This one is interesting. I have noticed the ears instantly. As I am currently learning traditional Chinese, which is common in Taiwan, I am trying to understand each part of a kanji. Ruma-sensei, your blog helps me. Thank you.

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  3. I can only say thank you for sharing, as usually.

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  4. Un petit bonjour pour voir si tu vas bien!!

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