森
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Han character
森 (radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木木 (DDD), four-corner 40994, composition ⿱木林)
References
- KangXi: page 534, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14974
- Dae Jaweon: page 922, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1226, character 2
- Unihan data for U+68EE
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : Triplication of 木 (“tree”), to suggest a large number (compare 三) of trees such as one would find in a forest. Compare 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).
Pronunciation
Definitions
森
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
森
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
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| 森 |
| もり Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).[1]
Probably cognate with 盛り (mori, “pile, heap”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 盛る (moru, “to heap up, to build up into a significant amount”), from the way a forest can look like a heap or mound from a distance.[2]
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- 杜 (less common; specific to the shrine grove sense)
Noun
- a forest (dense collection of trees)
- 1999 July 22, “トレント [Trent]”, in Vol.4 (in Japanese), Konami:
- まだまだ成長し続けている森の大木。森の守り神。
- Madamada seichōshitsuzuketeiru mori no taiboku. Mori no mamori kami.
- A growing forest tree. He is the guardian god of the woods.
- まだまだ成長し続けている森の大木。森の守り神。
- Synonym: 森林 (shinrin)
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- a shrine grove
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 森薊 (mori-azami)
- 森ガール (mori-gāru)
- 森陰 (morikage)
- 森神 (morigami)
- 森派 (Mori-ha)
- 森番 (moriban)
- 森嫁 (mori yome): a forest nymph
- 青森 (Aomori, “Aomori Prefecture”, literally "green forest")
- 生田の森 (Ikuta-no-mori)
- 池子の森 (Ikego-no-mori)
- 岩瀬の森 (Iwase-no-mori)
- 磐手の森 (Iwade-no-mori)
- 浮田の森 (Ukita-no-mori)
- 老蘇森, 老曽森 (Oiso-no-mori, pillow word)
- 気色の森 (Keshiki-no-mori)
- 重森 (Shigemori)
- 信太の森 (Shinoda-no-mori)
- 糺の森, 糺ノ森, 糾ノ森 (Tadasu-no-mori)
- 鎮守の森 (Chinju-no-mori)
- 成らずの森 (narazu no mori)
- 羽束師の森 (Hatsukashi-no-mori)
- 万木の森 (Yurugi-no-mori)
See also
Proper noun
- a surname
References
- ↑ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 1850), text here
- 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
森 • (sam)
Vietnamese
Han character
森 (chùm, dụm, sâm, sum, sùm, xúm, dâm, dúm, râm, xum, xùm, hồng, dũng)
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