Chugokugo Wo Aruku Jisho to Machikado No Kogengaku Part 2 (Toho Sensho)

[Machine Translation] The Chinese characters we encounter on the streets of China reveal the differences in culture, customs, and ways of thinking between the two countries, which are both societies of Chinese characters. In this second volume, we will first look at the meanings of Chinese nouns and verbs, always in conjunction with the Japanese language. This brings us to the world of the written language. In the first part, we will look at the origin of the fourth word, following "tray" and "food, clothing, and shelter," which is used in the Chinese phrase "kosui-bon ni keruju. The paper also examines how the tradition of handwritten characters played an important role in the establishment of simplified Chinese characters and kanji for everyday use. Then, we leap from the streets of mainland China to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other parts of Greater China to discover the surprises and discoveries of Chinese in the Greater China region. The world of realia encountered on the streets.

中国の街角で出会う漢字から、同じ漢字社会である日中両国の文化・習慣・考え方の違いが見えてくる。第二弾では、まず、中国語の名詞と動詞の意味するものをつねに日本語とからませ見ていく。そこで顔を出す書きことばの世界。成語では「覆水盆に返らず」の「盆」や「衣食住」に続く四番目のことばの起源を追いかける。さらに簡体字や常用漢字の制定には、手書き文字の伝統が大きく関わっていたことを検証。そして大陸中国の街角から跳びだし台湾・香港など中華圏中国語に出会った時の驚きや発見...。街角で出会うレアリアの世界。