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Something very unusual today! An apartment building name: 㐧五勝又ビル. I had never seen 㐧 before and assumed it was an obsolete variant of katakana オ, but it turns out to be a simplified way of writing 第! Which means that this apartment is called だいごかつまたびる, or Katsumata Building #5

㐧 is derived from the grass script version of 第. You can't type it in normally so I had to look up how to use Unicode for this post! You put your input into kanji mode, type 3427, and then hit F5 (or maybe Fn+F5), and blammo: 㐧. Try it! I'd never done that before.

第 is a prefix for ordinal numbers. It's usually read ダイ, rarely デイ, and it has no kun-yomi. Its radicals are ⺮ bamboo and 弟 brother, with which it shares the reading ダイ.

五 means 5. It's read いつ, いつ.つ, or ゴ.

勝 means victory/win, prevail, or excel. It's read か.つ, かつ, -が.ち, まさ.る, すぐ.れる, or ショウ.

又 means again, or/alternatively, furthermore, or on the other hand. It’s read また, また.の-, or ユウ.

Putting them together, 勝又 Katsumata is a reasonably common name: it belongs to about 23,700 people in the country. And ビル, of course, means building.

Finally, be careful not to confuse 第 with 代, a suffix for numbers which we covered the other day and which is also read ダイ.

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Kanji for "all", "whole", "everything", everybody", "everyone"

皆 = mina / kai

皆勤する - Kaikinsuru - to not miss a single day - かいきんする

皆様 - Minasama - ladies and gentlemen / everybody / all of you - みなさま

皆 - Mina - all / everybody / everything - みな

皆無 - Kaimu - none / nothing (at all) / nil - かいむ

皆さん - Minasan - ladies & gentlemen / everybody / all of you - みなさん

皆既食 - Kaikisyoku - a total eclipse - かいきしょく

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Kanji for "stop", "halt”

止 = to•maru / to•meru / shi

痛み止め - Itamidome - a painkiller - いたみどめ

止める - Tomeru - to stop (something) / to put and end to - とめる

立ち止まる - Tachidomaru - to stop / to halt / to pause / to come to a stop - たちどまる

中止 - Chuushi - discontinuation / suspension / cancellation - ちゅうし

止まる - Tomaru - to stop / to halt - とまる

禁止 - Kinshi - (a) prohibition / a ban - きんし

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Kanji for "thing", "matter", "fact", "affair"

事 = koto / ji / zu

出来事 - Dekigoto - an event / an incident - できごと

用事 - Youji - a task / an errand / things to do - ようじ

返事 - henji - an answer / a reply - へんじ

大事な - Daijina - important / precious / valuable - だいじな

事故 - Jiko - an accident / a breakdown / a failure / an incident - じこ

見事な - Migotona - beautiful / excellent / fine / splendid / marvelous - みごとな

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Kanji for "same", "the same", "equal".

同 = ona•ji / dou

同一の - Douitsuno - the same (as) / identical (with) - どういつの

同じように - Onajiyouni - in the same way / likewise / similarly - おなじように

合同 - goudou - (a) combination / (a) union / merger - ごうどう

同時に - Doujini - at the same time / simultaneously - どうじに

同じ - Onaji - one and the same / the same / identical / alike - おなじ

同じ人 - Onajihito - the same person - おなじひと

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Kanji for "fish"

魚 = kyo / uo / sakana

金魚 - Kingyo - a goldfish - きんぎょ

魚を食べる - Sakana wo taberu - to eat fish - さかなをたべる

魚座 - Uoza - pisces (12th) sign of the zodiac) - うおざ

魚屋 - Sakanaya - a fish store [shop] / a fish market - さかなや

焼き魚 - Yakizakana - (a) grilled [boiled] fish - やきさかな

魚つり - Sakanatsuri - fishing - さかなつり

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Kanji for "cow", "ox", "cattle", "bull", "beef"

牛 = gyuu / ushi

牛 - Ushi - a cow / a bull / cattle - うし

狂牛病 - Kyougyuubyou - mad cow disease (BSE) - きょうぎゅうびょう

牛乳 - Gyuunyuu - (cow's) milk - ぎゅうにゅう

牛肉 - Gyuuniku - beef - ぎゅうにく

牛丼 - Gyuudon - rice covered with beef and vegetables - ぎゅうどん

子牛 - Koushi - a calf - こうし

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Kanji for "city", "town", "market", "fair"

市 = shi / ichi

市長 - Shichou - a mayor - しちょう

市民 - Shimin - a citizen / the citizens / the citizenry - しみん

都市 - Toshi - a city / a town - とし

神戸市 - Koubeshi - Kobe city (of Hyogo prefecture) - こうべし

市場 - Ichiba / shijou - a market(place) - いちば

朝市 - Asaichi - a morning market - あさいち

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Kanji for "morning", "dynasty", "reign", "rule"

朝 = asa / chou

朝食 - Choushoku - breakfast - ちょうしょく

朝御飯 - Asagohan - breakfast - あさごはん

朝日 - Asahi - the morning (rising) sun - あさひ

早朝 - Souchou - the early morning - そうちょう

朝刊 - Choukan - a morning newspaper - ちょうかん

朝 - Asa - morning - あさ

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Kanji for "daytime", "noon", "midday"

昼 = hiru / chou

昼 - Hiru - noon/ midday / the daytime - ひる

昼寝- Hirune - an afternoon nap / a siesta - ひるね

昼休み - Hiruyasumi - (a) lunchtime [hour/break] - ひるやすみ (see kanji for rest 休 )

昼間 - Hiruma - daytime - (during) the day - ひるま

昼御飯 - Hirugohan - lunch / luncheon - ひるごはん

昼食 - Chuushoku - lunch / luncheon - ちゅうしょく

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Kanji for "evening", "dusk"

夕 = seki / yuu

夕食 - Yuushoku - dinner / supper - ゆうしょく

夕べ - Yuube - an evening / last night - ゆうべ

夕刊 - Yuukan - an evening paper - ゆうかん

夕立 - Yuudachi - a (summer afternoon) shower - ゆうだち

夕日 - Yuuhi - the evening sun / evening sunlight - ゆうひ

夕方 - Yuugata - (an) evening - ゆうがた

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Kanji for "night", "evening", nighttime"

夜 = ya / yo / yoru

夜中 - Yonaka - midnight - よなか (see kanji for "inside", "middle" 中)

夜 - Yoru - (a) night / (an) evening - よる

夜間(ni) - Yakan(ni) - at night / in the night [night-time] - よかん(に)

金曜の夜 - Kinyou no yoru - Friday night - きんようのよる

夜景 - Yakei - a night view (scene) - やけい

夜明け - Yoake - dawn / daybreak - よあけあ

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Kanji for "one", "once", "first"

一 = ichi / itsu / hito / hito•tsu

一つ - Hitotsu - one (thing) - ひとつ

一度 - Ichido - once / one time / (on) one occasion / one degree - いちど

一日 - tsuitachi - the first day of the month - ついたち

一日 - Ichinichi - a [one] day - いちにち

一人 - Hitori - one person - ひとり

一月 - Ichigatsu - January - いちがつ

一月 - Hitotsuki - a [one] month - ひとつき

一緒に - Isshouni - together / with / along with / at the same time - いっしょうに

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Kanji for "two", "second".

ニ = ni / futa / futa•tsu

二十日 - Hatsuka - twentieth (day of the month) / twenty days - はつか

二月 - Nigatsu - February - にがつ

二月 - Futatsuki - (a period of) two months - ふたつき

二十 - Nijuu - twenty - にじゅう

二人 - Futari - two people - ふたり

二日 - Futsuka - the second day of the month / two days - ふつか

二つ - Futatsu - two (things) - ふたつ

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Kanji for "three", "third"

三 = san / mi / mi•tsu / mit•tsu

三角 - Sankaku - a triangle - さんかく

三人 - Sannin - three people - さんにん

三月 - Sangatsu - March - さんがつ

三月 - Mitsuki - (a period of) three months - みつき

三つ - Mittsu - three (things) - みっつ

三回 - Sankai - three times - さんかい

三日 - Mikka - the third day of the month / three days - みっか

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Kanji for "four", "forth"

四 = shi / yo / yo•tsu / yot•tsu / yon

四回 - Yonkai - four times - よんかい

四人 - Yonin - four people - よにん

四字熟語 - Yojijukugo - a four-character idiomatic compound - よじじゅくご

四つ - Yottsu - four (things) - よっつ

四月 - Shigatsu - april - しがつ

四日 - Yokka - the fourth day of the month / four days - よっか

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Kanji for "five", "fifth"

五 = go / itsu / itsutsu

五時 - Goji - five o'clock - ごじ

五人 - Gonin - five people - ごにん

五月 - Gogatsu - May - ごがつ

五つ - Itsutsu - five (things) - いつつ

五日 - Itsuka - the fifth day of the month / five days - いつか

五階 - Gokai - the fifth floor - ごかい

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Kanji for "six", "sixth"

六 = roku / mu / mu•tsu / mut•tsu / mui

六つ - Muttsu - six (things) - むっつ

六時 - Rokuji - six o'clock - ろくじ

六人 - Rokunin - six people - ろくにん

第六感 - Dairokkan - a sixth sense / hunch / (an) intuition - だいろっかん

六日 - Muika - the sixth day of the month / six days - むいか

六月 - Rokugatsu - June - ろくがつ

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Kanji for "seven", "seventh"

七 = shichi / nana / nana•tsu / nano

七夕 - Tanabata - July 7th Festival of the Weaver - たなばた　(Also known as the star festival, according to legend 2 lovers are seperated by the milkyway and only meet once a year)

七つ - Nanatsu - seven (things) - ななつ

十七 - Juushichi - juunana - seventeen - じゅうしち / じゅうなな

七日 - Nanoka - the seventh day of the month / seven days - なのか

七人 - Shichinin - seven people - しちにん

七月 - Shichigatsu - July - しちがつ

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Kanji for "eight", "eighth"

八 - hachi / ya / ya•tsu / yat•tsu / you

八人 - Hachinin - eight people - はちにん

八月 - Hachigatsu - August - はちがつ

八日 - Youka - the eight day of the month/ eight days - ようか

八方美人 - Happoubijin - one who is affable to everybody - はっぽうびじん

(Affable - friendly/ good-natured/ easy to talk to)

八つ - Yattsu - eight (things) - やっつ

十八 - Juuhachi - eighteen - じゅうはち

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Kanji for "nine", "ninth"

九 = kyuu / ku / kokono / kokono•tsu

九つ - Kokonotsu - nine (things) - ここのつ

九分 - Kyuufun - nine minutes - きゅうふん

九十 - Kyuujuu - southernmost of Japan's main islands - きゅうじゅう

九時 - Kuji - nine o'clock - くじ

九月 - Kugatsu - September - くがつ

九日 - Kokonoka - the ninth day of the month / nine days - ここのか

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Kanji for "ten", "tenth"

十 = juu / juutsu / too / to

五十音 - Gojuuon - the Japanese (kana) syllabary - ごじゅうおん

十月 - Juugatsu - October - じゅうがつ

十個 - jukko / jikko - ten (things) - じゅっこ / じっこ

十人 - Juunin - ten people - じゅうにん

十日 - Tooka - the tenth day of the month / ten days - とおか

二十歳 - Hatachi - twenty (years of age) / one's twentieth year - はたち

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Kanji for "hundred", "numerous".

百 = Hyaku

三百人 - Sanbyakunin - three hundred people - さんびゃくにん

百点 - Hyakuten - a [one] hundred points / a perfect mark - ひゃくてん

百パーセント - Hyakupasento - one hundred percent / 100% - ひゃくパーセント

百科事典 - Hyakkajiten - an encyclopedia - ひゃっかじてん

八百屋 - Yaoya - a vegetable store / a greengrocery - やおや

百円 - Hyakuen - a [one] hundred yen - ひゃくえん

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Kanji for "thousand"

チ = Sen / chi

千代田区 - Chiyodaku - Chiyoda Ward (of Tokyo) - ちよだく

五千円 - Gosenen - 5000 yen - ごせんえん

千葉県 - chibaken - Chiba prefecture (east of Tokyo) - ちばけん

二千人 - Ninsennin - two thousand people - にせんにん

千羽鶴 - Senbaduru - (string of) 1000 origami [paper] cranes - せんばづる

千切りにする - Sengirinisuru - to cut into thin strips - せんぎりにする

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Kanji for "ten thousand", "myriad"

万 = man / ban

案(が)一Man(ga)ichi - by any chance / by some rare accident - まんがいち

二万人 - Nimannin - twenty thousand people - にまんにん

一万円 - Ichimanen - ten thousand yen - いちまんえん

万国 - Bankoku - all (the) coutries on earth / all nations - ばんこく

万引き - Manbiki - shoplifting - まんびき

万年筆 - Mannenhitsu - a fountain pen - まんねんひつ

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[daily-hyosatsu]

Something different today! The term 五臓六腑 [ごぞうろっぷ] comes from traditional Chinese medicine. Its literal meaning is the five viscera and the six internal organs—organs as a TCM concept; not analogous to the anatomical organs. But 五臓六腑 can also mean guts/innards more generally, or figuratively, what's inside your heart​. (Though in this case, it's just the name of a nice sushi place.)

Breaking the kanji down by theme:

五 means 5. It's read いつ, いつつ, or ゴ.

六 means 6. It's read む (e.g. む.つ, むっ.つ, むい), ロク, or リク.

臓 means entrails, viscera, or bowels. It's read はらわた or ゾウ.

腑 also means viscera or bowels. It's also read はらわた, or フ.

So let's take a closer look at 臓 and 腑. They both mean guts, they're both read はらわた, and they both use the radical meat-moon ⺼, plus (as you may have noticed if you're an absolute genius) another kanji that can mean storehouse. Yes!

蔵 means storehouse, or to possess, own, or hide. It’s read くら, おさ.める, かく.れる, ゾウ, or ソウ.

府 can mean storehouse, though it more often means urban prefecture or government office. It's read フ.

So, Flesh + Storehouse = Organs. Good mnemonic!

But is there a difference between 臓 and 腑? In modern Japanese, only 臓 is common, unless you're into traditional Chinese medicine. In that context, though, the difference is that 臟 zàng refers to "solid" organs, which are yin, while 腑 fǔ refers to "hollow" ones, which are yang. (Again, not organs in the anatomical sense; sometimes they're described instead as functional entities or systems.)

Anyway, I am going to try to end this post before I overstep my rudimentary understanding of this subject, but 五臓六腑 comes from the Chinese zàngfǔ (simplified: 脏腑; traditional: 臟腑). Zàngfǔ is the backbone of the TCM concept of how the body works. Its literal meaning is hollow and solid organs, or "all the organs."

And this kind of construction is common in kanji vocab: use two contrasting descriptors to refer to everything in a category or to position along a spectrum. For example:

男女 [だんじょ] (men + women) = all genders

老若 [ろうにゃく] (old + young) = all ages

大小 [だいしょう] (big + small) = size; all sizes

凸凹 [でこぼこ] (convex + concave) = bumpy

加減 [かげん] (increase + decrease) = adjust, moderate

苦楽 [くらく] (pleasure + pain) = the good and bad (of life)

高弱 [こうじゃく] (strong + weak) = level of strength

好き嫌い [すきぎらい] (like + dislike) = preferences (usu. food) and so on.

P.S. - Incidentally, はらわた is more commonly written 腸. This character also shares the same general entrails/viscera meaning, but often refers more specifically to bowels/intestines. (And fun fact: The name 牛腸 Gochō (cow + bowels) was the impetus for me starting this blog!)

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