弘法にも筆の誤り
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |||
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弘 | 法 | 筆 | 誤 |
こう Jinmeiyō |
ほう > ぼう Grade: 4 |
ふで Grade: 3 |
あやま Grade: 6 |
kan'on | goon | kun'yomi |
Etymology
editPhrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + に (ni, “in”, locative particle) も (mo, “even”, inclusive particle) + 筆 (fude, “writing brush; writing with a brush”) + の (no, genitive or possessive particle) + 誤り (ayamari, “mistake”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 誤る ayamaru, “to make a mistake”). Literally “even Kōbō Daishi makes mistakes in his brush writing (i.e. calligraphy)”.
Pronunciation
editProverb
edit弘法にも筆の誤り • (Kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari)
- even Homer nods: even the experts make mistakes
See also
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 弘 read as こう
- Japanese terms spelled with 法 read as ほう
- Japanese terms spelled with 筆 read as ふで
- Japanese terms spelled with 誤 read as あやま
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji