千里の道も一歩より始まる
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |||||
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千 | 里 | 道 | 一 | 歩 | 始 |
せん Grade: 1 |
り Grade: 2 |
みち Grade: 2 |
いち > いっ Grade: 1 |
ほ > ぽ Grade: 2 |
はじ Grade: 3 |
on'yomi | kun'yomi | goon | kan'on | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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千里の道も一步より始まる (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editPartial calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行,始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally “a road of a thousand li begins with a step”).
The back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 千里之道,自一步始.
Proverb
edit千里の道も一歩より始まる • (senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru)
Synonyms
edit- 千里の行も足下に始まる (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru)
- 千里の道も一歩から (senri no michi mo ippo kara)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 千 read as せん
- Japanese terms spelled with 里 read as り
- Japanese terms spelled with 道 read as みち
- Japanese terms spelled with 一 read as いち
- Japanese terms spelled with 歩 read as ほ
- Japanese terms spelled with 始 read as はじ
- Japanese terms partially calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 6 kanji