かんご

See also: かんこ and がんこ

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) かんご [kàńgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞]

For pronunciation and definitions of かんご – see the following entries.

【漢語】 [noun] kango, a Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word) [noun] (less commonly) the Chinese language [noun] the ancient Chinese language, the language of the Han (漢／汉 (hàn)) ethnicity [noun] retained their original meanings in Classical Chinese, such as 天 (ten, “heaven”), 天下 (tenka, “the world”) or 菩薩 (bosatsu, “bodhisattva”) [noun] 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”) [noun] were newly coined from Classical Chinese syllables, morphemes or graphemes, such as 出超 (shutchō, “trade surplus”) or 腺 (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】 [noun] Korean language

【喚語】 [noun] to think of something that wants to be said

(This term, かんご, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 閑語.)

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) か​んご [káꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞]

For pronunciation and definitions of かんご – see the following entries.

【看護】 [noun] nursing [verb] to nurse, care for

【観護】 [noun] watching over [verb] to watch over

【監護】 [noun] custody and care [verb] to take custody and care

【歓語】 [noun] having fun while talking together [verb] to have fun while talking together

(This term, かんご, 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.)