"宝" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. precious objects Tags: grade-6-kanji, kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-宝-ja-character-~R7wkC4x
  2. worldly goods Tags: grade-6-kanji, kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-宝-ja-character-pOWXQLmb
  3. valuable possessions Tags: grade-6-kanji, kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-宝-ja-character-fIHSPucA Categories (other): Grade 6 kanji, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 6 kanji: 25 26 49 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 11 72 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 13 68 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 13 68 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 19 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 17 62 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 15 16 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 13 68 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 11 14 75

Noun

IPA: [ta̠ka̠ɾa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (たから)), takara [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. From Proto-Japonic *takara. Samuel Martin analyzes this as a compound of 高 (taka-, “high”) + 等 (-ra, pluralizing suffix). However, this is semantically problematic, as such a compound would ordinarily refer to "the heights" as a location, and there is no clear means of deriving the sense of "treasure" from the proposed component parts. Some sources derive this as a compound of 田 (ta, “paddy field”) + から (kara, “from”), literally “from the paddy fields”, from the way people value thriving paddy fields as a unique kind of treasure. However, the sense of "from" for から (kara) does not appear until roughly the Heian period, more recent than the first appearance of takara, making this a folk etymology. Etymology templates: {{inherited|ja|ojp|-|sort=たから}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*takara}} Proto-Japonic *takara, {{m|ja|高|t=high|tr=taka-}} 高 (taka-, “high”), {{m|ja|等|pos=pluralizing suffix|tr=-ra}} 等 (-ra, pluralizing suffix), {{com|ja|田|から|lit=from the paddy fields|t1=paddy field|t2=from|tr1=ta|tr2=kara}} 田 (ta, “paddy field”) + から (kara, “from”), literally “from the paddy fields”, {{ja-r|から}} から (kara) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たから}} 宝(たから) • (takara)
  1. treasure
    Sense id: en-宝-ja-noun-dK4yP5ua

Download JSON data for 宝 meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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