meta user
network profile
| bio | website | |
|---|---|---|
| location | ||
| age | ||
| visits | member for | 1 year, 4 months |
| seen | Feb 17 at 22:27 | |
| stats | profile views | 13 |
|
Jan 29 |
accepted | How did コンセント come to be used for “outlet”? |
|
Jan 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
|
Jan 20 |
asked | How did コンセント come to be used for “outlet”? |
|
Dec 6 |
accepted | Was there a single word/concept もの which was later split into two (now distinct) kanji 者 and 物? |
|
Dec 6 |
awarded | Editor |
|
Dec 6 |
revised |
Was there a single word/concept もの which was later split into two (now distinct) kanji 者 and 物? edited title |
|
Dec 6 |
comment |
Was there a single word/concept もの which was later split into two (now distinct) kanji 者 and 物? @user1205935 Thanks for the clarification. No particular reason, just that I came across it and was wondering. Also it offers a tantalizing look at a transition between a more "primitive" consciousness of all things being fundamentally the same to a division between things and people that could be linked to the introduction of a Chinese linguistic taxonomy. |
|
Dec 6 |
comment |
Was there a single word/concept もの which was later split into two (now distinct) kanji 者 and 物? @user1205935: that's a great question and list (to the extent that I can follow it...) but I think my question is different : in contemporary usage the kanji have clearly different meanings but their parallel usage and homophonic kunyomi hint that the Chinese characters may have created that difference rather than reflecting two different pre-existing concepts. |
|
Dec 5 |
comment |
Was there a single word/concept もの which was later split into two (now distinct) kanji 者 and 物? Concrete evidence could include early writings that "confuse" the kanji, using them in ways that indicate that the distinction between person and thing is new/unnatural. Perhaps one character was initially used for person and thing and only later the other character was introduced. I am not an expert (otherwise I would not have asked) but I would imagine there have been studies done on cases such as this. Regarding the name of the question I couldn't think of anything more fitting that would fit on a single line. Feel free to edit if you can think of a better title. |
|
Dec 5 |
asked | Was there a single word/concept もの which was later split into two (now distinct) kanji 者 and 物? |
|
Jan 20 |
comment |
What does さようなら (左様なら) have to do with “left”? Do you mean that 上 and 右 are never used as ateji? |
|
Jan 20 |
revised |
What does さようなら (左様なら) have to do with “left”? Changed tags to reflect the substance of the question (now that I know the answer) |
|
Jan 19 |
comment |
What does さようなら (左様なら) have to do with “left”? @sawa, I don't understand. I realize that 左 (as 左記), 右記 and I guess also 上 have the meaning of "the preceding" or "the following" based on the old writing order. But if it's ateji, what difference does it make? |
|
Jan 19 |
awarded | Supporter |
|
Jan 19 |
awarded | Scholar |
|
Jan 19 |
accepted | What does さようなら (左様なら) have to do with “left”? |
|
Jan 18 |
awarded | Student |
|
Jan 18 |
asked | What does さようなら (左様なら) have to do with “left”? |
