kun/on Reading of 氣 and Tohei
Hi,
someone cited to me a text of Tohei sensei I don't understand. It is from the german copy of a book "Healing with ki" or something like that. My translation: Quote:
The kun-reading いき / iki and the on-reading け / ke or き / ki. So why does Tohei sensei speak of only one existing reading of 氣? And why does he state き / ki to be the japanese reading, which is given as the on-reading when I look up the kanji? Where am I going wrong? Greetings, Carsten |
Re: kun/on Reading of 氣 and Tohei
I've looked up the kanji in my dictionary and it also shows three readings for it. (き、いき、け)
But since I can't find any words that uses け or いき I'm guessing maybe those readings aren't used any more. |
Re: kun/on Reading of 氣 and Tohei
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There is only one reading reading of 気, and that's "ki". "Ke" and "ge" are simply dialectal differences. "Iki" as a reading is considered non-standard. And it's possible that "iki" is derived from "ki". 気 was sometimes used to write "iki" (breath) back when Japanese orthography was looser, and people would occasionally use a different kanji with a similar meaning as a way of adding nuance. Another example would be writing "oto" (sound) with the kanji for "koe" (voice), or even vice-versa. What Tohei is totally wrong about is that "ki" is onyomi. There is no kunyomi for "ki", aside from the abovementioned non-standard but possibly related "iki". |
Re: kun/on Reading of 氣 and Tohei
you can say samuke (寒気)meaning a chill, and other feelings usually bad and relating to sickness, as well as shikke (湿気)humidity, yuuge (湯気)steam. japanese is just crazy this way, there are millions of example of kanji readings changing.
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Re: kun/on Reading of 氣 and Tohei
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"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - - that's all." (Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6) |
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