Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/善美
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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善 | 美 |
Grade: 6 | Grade: 3 |
irregular |
Etymology
editGikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 善美 (“perfect beauty”), a term which decomposes into 善 (“good/perfect”) + 美 (“beauty”), to native Japanese word うるわしき (uruwashiki, “beauty”) to denote perfect beauty.
Noun
edit善美/善美[1] (uruwashiki, Historical hiragana: うるはしき, classical form of うるわ.しい, uruwa.shii) → 麗しい (uruwa.shii)