仲尼
Chinese edit
second | Ni Hill | ||
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trad. (仲尼) | 仲 | 尼 | |
simp. #(仲尼) | 仲 | 尼 | |
Literally: “second-born [from] Ni Hill”. |
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
仲尼
- courtesy name of 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”)
- 十四年春,西狩於大野,叔孫氏之車子鉏商獲麟,以為不祥,以賜虞人。仲尼觀之,曰:「麟也。」然後取之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Shísìnián chūn, xī shòu yú Dàyě, Shūsūnshì zhī chēzǐ Chúshāng huò lín, yǐ wèi bùxiáng, yǐ cì yúrén. Zhòngní guān zhī, yuē: “Lín yě.” Ránhòu qǔ zhī. [Pinyin]
- In the fourteenth year's spring, there was a westward hunt in Daye; the Shusun branch's cartman Chushang caught a lin; it was deemed inauspicious and given to the warden. Zhongni examined that and said: "It's a lin." Then, it was taken.
十四年春,西狩于大野,叔孙氏之车子锄商获麟,以为不祥,以赐虞人。仲尼观之,曰:「麟也。」然后取之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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仲 | 尼 |
ちゅう Grade: 4 |
じ Grade: S |
kan’on |
Etymology edit
/tjuː di/ → /t͡ɕuːd͡ʑi/
From Middle Chinese 仲尼 (MC drjuwngH nrij).
Proper noun edit
- courtesy name (azana) of 孔子 (Kōshi, “Confucius”)