勘定

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Chinese

to investigate; to survey; to collate
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
trad. (勘定)
simp. #(勘定)

Pronunciation


Verb

勘定

  1. to check; to scrutinise; to collate
  2. to survey; to determine by measurement

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 勘定 (khom? dengH, literally investigate + to make something settled). Compare modern Mandarin 勘定 (kāndìng, “to demarcate, to examine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)(じょう) (kanjōかんぢやう (kandyau)?

  1. calculation
  2. (restaurant) bill, check
    すみません。お勘定(かんじょう)おねがいします
    Sumimasen. O-kanjō o onegai shimasu.
    Excuse me. The check, please.

Verb

(かん)(じょう)する (kanjō suruかんぢやう (kandyau)?transitive suru (stem (かん)(じょう) (kanjō shi), past (かん)(じょう)した (kanjō shita))

  1. calculate, reckon

Conjugation

References

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

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 勘定 (MC khomH dengH|tengH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 (Yale: kam)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 - (Yale: thyèn)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

勘定 (transliteration needed)

  1. hanja form? of 감정 (reckoning; calculation)

References