Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 召 (“call, summon”), to native Japanese word よび (yobi, “call”).
召[1] (yobi) → 呼び (yobi)
- call
- ^ OT, page 3:
- ヱホバ神アダムを召て之に言たまひけるは汝は何處にをるや
- Ehoba Kami Adamu o yobite kore ni ii tamaikeru wa nanji wa izuko ni oruya?
- And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?