Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/定形

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 定形 (form), a term which decomposes into (fixed) + (shape), to native Japanese word かたち (katachi, form).

Noun

定形 (かたち)[1](katachi) →  (かたち) (katachi)

  1. form

Quotations

  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    ()定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)(わだ)(おもて)にあり (かみ)(れい)(みづ)(おもて)(おほひ)たりき
    Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters