Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/淵
Japanese
editKanji in this term |
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淵 |
わだ Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Etymology
editGikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 淵 (“deep”), to native Japanese archaic word わだ (wada, “sea”), instead of the traditional Japanese reading ふち (fuchi, “deep”), to denote, "The deep (sea)".