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  2. Yi (kana) - Wikipedia

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    In the Edo period and the Meiji period, some Japanese linguists tried to separate kana i and kana yi. The shapes of characters differed with each linguist. ๐›€† and ๐›„  were just two of many glyphs. They were phonetic symbols to fill in the blanks of the gojuon table, but Japanese people did not separate them in normal writing. i Traditional kana

  3. Homophonic puns in Standard Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the image expresses a wish that its recipient do well on his exams and become successful. Later a variation on the gibbons and egret motif appears through the substitution of deer for egrets. In mandarin the word "้นฟ" (lù), meaning deer, is homophonous with "้ทบ" (lù), meaning egret, and so the image achieves the same pun. [26]

  4. Wu (kana) - Wikipedia

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    It is presumed that ๐›„Ÿ would have represented /βฬžu/. [2] [a] Along with ๐›€† and ๐›€ (yi and ye respectively), the mora wu has no officially recognized kana, as these morae do not occur in native Japanese words; however, during the Meiji period, linguists almost unanimously agreed on the kana for yi, ye, and wu.

  5. The White-Haired Girl - Wikipedia

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    This revision followed Ding Yi's thought of deletion and modification, and also made major changes to the original play. These changes included some important parts of Xi Er's characters. At the same year, famous Japanese ballet dancer Mikiko Matsuyama and her husband Masao Shimizu came to China. They had watched The White-Haired Girl film and ...

  6. Glossary of owarai terms - Wikipedia

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    From the verb bokeru ๆƒšใ‘ใ‚‹ or ๅ‘†ใ‘ใ‚‹, which carries the meaning of "senility" or "air headed-ness," and is reflected in a performer's tendency for misinterpretation and forgetfulness. The boke is the "simple-minded" member of an owarai kombi ( "tsukkomi and boke" , or vice versa ) that receives most of the verbal and physical abuse from ...

  7. Kanji - Wikipedia

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    In some cases, Japanese coinages have subsequently been borrowed back into Chinese, such as ้ฎŸ้ฑ‡ (ankล, “monkfish”). The underlying word for jukujikun is a native Japanese word or foreign borrowing, which either does not have an existing kanji spelling (either kun'yomi or ateji) or for which a new kanji spelling is produced. Most often ...

  8. I (kana) - Wikipedia

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    I (ใ„ in hiragana or ใ‚ค in katakana) is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora. ใ„ is based on the sลsho style of the kanji character ไปฅ, and ใ‚ค is from the radical (left part) of the kanji character ไผŠ. In the modern Japanese system of sound order, it occupies the second position of the mora chart, between ใ‚ and ใ†.

  9. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese units of area are derived from both traditional Dutch and Japanese measurements. The principal unit for measuring the floor space of an office or apartment is ๅช (Taiwanese Hokkien: pêโฟ, [1] Hakka: phiàng, Mandarin: píng). The unit is derives from the Japanese tsubo, the base unit of the Japanese area.