かんご

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See also: かんこ and がんこ

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かんご – see the following entries.
漢語
kango, a Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word)
(less commonly) the Chinese language
the ancient Chinese language, the language of the Han ( / (hàn)) ethnicity
retained their original meanings in Classical Chinese, such as (ten, heaven), 天下 (tenka, the world) or 菩薩 (bosatsu, bodhisattva)
were repurposed to translate Western concepts, such as 社会 (shakai, society), 文化 (bunka, culture), 過渡 (kato, transition) or 博士 (hakushi, doctor)
were newly coined from Classical Chinese syllables, morphemes or graphemes, such as 出超 (shutchō, trade surplus) or (sen, gland), where words coined from more than one syllable are called wasei kango (和製漢語) and coined kanji are called kokuji (国字)
韓語
Korean language
喚語
to think of something that wants to be said
(This term, かんご (kango), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 閑語.)

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of かんご – see the following entries.
看護
nursing
to nurse, care for
観護
watching over
to watch over
監護
custody and care
to take custody and care
歓語
having fun while talking together
to have fun while talking together
(This term, かんご (kango), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 歓娯, 刊誤, 款晤, 款語, 閑語, 感悟.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN