Appears in a result page in a tsumego book. I think it's "variation" (at least appears in solutions that look plausible, but different from the "correct" variation) but couldn't find it in Sensei's.
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| Author: | RBerenguel [ Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
Appears in a result page in a tsumego book. I think it's "variation" (at least appears in solutions that look plausible, but different from the "correct" variation) but couldn't find it in Sensei's. |
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| Author: | macelee [ Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
It roughly means 'explanation'. |
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| Author: | RBerenguel [ Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
macelee wrote: It roughly means 'explanation'. Thanks! Now I get it, it's why white (or black) does answer in a certain way when it looks like another way would make sense. |
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| Author: | Codexus [ Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
I love it when a Chinese word is identical to Japanese (well minus the character simplification) and it actually means the same thing for once!  By the way, I recommend http://www.nciku.com/ as an excellent Chinese dictionary, it does handwriting character recognition too. |
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| Author: | EdLee [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
RBerenguel, 説明 说明 shuo1ming2 |
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| Author: | Kaliwan [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
Codexus It's actually the other way around since Japan implemented variations from the Chinese writing system |
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| Author: | Codexus [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
Kaliwan wrote: Codexus It's actually the other way around since Japan implemented variations from the Chinese writing system Of course, I didn't mean to imply it went the other way around. (The simplification is more recent though, but that's another story) |
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| Author: | tekesta [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
It must mean "explanation"; in Japanese 説明 (setsumei), means just that. When it occurs as a verb it is 説明する (setsumei suru), literally "to do explanation". The Chinese word marked in the photo means the same thing. I went to zhongwen.com and looked up the first character to confirm this. According to the website result, the word is pronounced shūomíng. |
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| Author: | tekesta [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
Codexus wrote: I love it when a Chinese word is identical to Japanese (well minus the character simplification) and it actually means the same thing for once! Most Japanese words of Chinese origin have meanings identical to their Chinese counterparts - even though they are written somewhat differently nowadays. Also, some Japanese kanji are simplified versions of traditional Chinese characters. For example, compare 発 and 發. Then compare these with 发.
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| Author: | Kirby [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What does this chinese character(s) mean? |
tekesta wrote: Most Japanese words of Chinese origin have meanings identical to their Chinese counterparts - even though they are written somewhat differently nowadays. Take, for example, 大丈夫, right? |
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