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子曰く

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 子曰く.

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Entry

子曰くしいわくしのたまわくExpression
1

At the beginning of chapters in the Analects of Confucius

the Master said ...; Confucius said ...

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

3 strokesFrequency 72JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

-こ

Nanori

ねっ

say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

4 strokes

On

エツ

Kun

いわ.くのたま.うのたま.わくここに

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