| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 弘 | 法 | 筆 | 誤 |
| こう Jinmeiyō |
ほう > ぼう Grade: 4 |
ふで Grade: 3 |
あやま Grade: 6 |
| kan'on | goon | kun'yomi | |
Phrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + に (ni, “in”, locative particle) も (mo, “even”, inclusive particle) + 筆 (fude, “writing brush; writing with a brush”) + の (no, genitive or possessive particle) + 誤り (ayamari, “mistake”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 誤る ayamaru, “to make a mistake”). Literally “even Kōbō Daishi makes mistakes in his brush writing (i.e. calligraphy)”.
弘法にも筆の誤り • (Kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari)