Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
呉 (7)
ゴ
SIS shows 口 (Type 4 Phonetic) mouth + a head leaning forward → mouths figuratively intersecting in animated conversation, or in quarreling. The ancient Chinese kingdom of Wu (Japanese: Go) is a borrowing → China.
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