這う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
這
は
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
延う

Glyph origin

The usage of the character 這 is considered to be a 国訓 (kokkun) not derived from Chinese 漢文 (kanbun) tradition. Alongside China's usage of the character 這 / 这 for a medieval pronoun, also of murky origins, this makes 這 a character with markedly different usages in both countries/languages. It is possibly a corrupt form of 𧥡, whom is an ancient form of 誕 (MC danX) and borrowed as 蜒 (MC yen).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「這う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		這う はう
Imperative (命令形) 這え はえ
Key constructions
Passive 這われる はわれる
Causative 這わせる はわせる
Potential 這える はえる
Volitional 這おう はおー
Negative 這わない はわない
Negative perfective 這わなかった はわなかった
Formal 這います はいます
Perfective 這った はった
Conjunctive 這って はって
Hypothetical conditional 這えば はえば

Verb

這(は)う • (hau) ←はふ (fafu)?intransitive godan (stem 這(は)い (hai), past 這(は)った (hatta))

  1. to crawl, to creep
    毛(け)虫(むし)が枝(えだ)を這(は)っている。
    Kemushi ga eda o hatte iru.
    A caterpillar is crawling along the branch.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "這う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 這わ はわ hawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 這い はい hai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 這う はう hau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 這う はう hau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 這え はえ hae
Meireikei ("imperative") 這え はえ hae
Key constructions
Passive 這われる はわれる hawareru
Causative 這わせる
這わす 		はわせる
はわす 		hawaseru
hawasu
Potential 這える はえる haeru
Volitional 這おう はおう haō
Negative 這わない はわない hawanai
Negative continuative 這わず はわず hawazu
Formal 這います はいます haimasu
Perfective 這った はった hatta
Conjunctive 這って はって hatte
Hypothetical conditional 這えば はえば haeba

Derived terms

References

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