"字源" meaning in Japanese

See 字源 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑiɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 字源 [canonical] (ruby: (), (げん)), jigen [romanization], zigen [romanization], じげん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|じげん|hhira=じげん}} 字(じ)源(げん) • (jigen) ^(←じげん (zigen)?)
  1. etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character
    Sense id: en-字源-ja-noun-jJB4A1Yh
  2. etymology of a Han character
    Sense id: en-字源-ja-noun-aws-zJzK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Han characters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Han characters: 3 97
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "字源",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "源",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jigen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じげん",
      "roman": "zigen",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "hhira": "じげん"
      },
      "expansion": "字(じ)源(げん) • (jigen) ^(←じげん (zigen)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character"
      ],
      "id": "en-字源-ja-noun-jJB4A1Yh",
      "links": [
        [
          "etymology",
          "etymology"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Han characters",
          "orig": "ja:Han characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "etymology of a Han character"
      ],
      "id": "en-字源-ja-noun-aws-zJzK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Han character",
          "Han character"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑiɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字源"
}
{
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Han characters"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "字源",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "源",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jigen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じげん",
      "roman": "zigen",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じげん",
        "hhira": "じげん"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character"
      ],
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        [
          "etymology",
          "etymology"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "etymology of a Han character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Han character",
          "Han character"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑiɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字源"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 字源 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "字源"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "字源",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "字源"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "字源",
  "trace": ""
}

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