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Are any of the Old Chinese reconstructions for「能」plausible descendants of Proto-Sino-Tibetan /*dɣwjəm/?
phonology
phonemes
chinese
reconstruction
sino-tibetan
asked Apr 9 '19 at 16:46
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What is the missing character on the seal?
character-identification
seal
asked Aug 23 '18 at 3:32
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Is ま (ma) related to ほ (ho) or は (ha) related to よ (yo)? What does adding a bar to the left mean?
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I cannot recognise this kana
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What is the significance of a repeated radical in a Kanji character?
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呉 is an ancient kingdom in china, how did it become “to give” in japanese?
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Are the days of the week named after the planets?
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What is the story behind “peach kanji” 桃?
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Why 你在笑什么?, why not 你笑在什么?
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Is reasonable to assume that the 食 in 月食/日食 can be interpreted as the sun/moon being “eaten” during an eclipse?
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What is the meaning of the cross on a Chinese bronze Gu Chalice?
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17
How did 象【しょう】 ( ≈かたち、 すがた、ようす) and 象【ぞう】 (どうぶつ) get to be written with the same kanji?
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“Baby” vs “宝贝” - coincidence?
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17
Is there any connection between the choice of characters for 九 and 丸?
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16
Does the etymology of 星 suggest the japanese/chinese knew the sun was a star?
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16
What is the difference between 王 and 皇?
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16
Is exact Kanji stroke length important?
japanese.stackexchange.com
15
What is the etymology of the phrase 隴を得て蜀を望む?
japanese.stackexchange.com
15
Why is there a difference between the hand drawn 道 and the pc font one?
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14
How obscure is the use of 令 in 令和?
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14
Why is the meaning of kanji 閑 “leisure”?
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13
What is the etymology of 料理?
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13
Why say 少说两句 to break up a fight?
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13
I am particularly fascinated by the Chinese character that is pronounced SHIN & means faith or belief
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13
What is the etymology of the kanji 石?
japanese.stackexchange.com
12
Is “eventide” a correct word for the kanji 汐
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12
Radicals in 等 - Why 士 instead of 土?
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12
What does “tm” mean?
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12
Meaning of the elements of 爵 (baron)
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12
Is there an alphabetic system in the Chinese language?
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11
How to arrive to the meaning of the kanji tonari 隣 through its components?
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11
Kanji of そそっかしい
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