Subject:  	Re: [MO] Chung-Eun in Chinese
Date: 	Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:35:38 -0600 (CST)
From: 	Scott Johnson 


All right!  I've found a good on-line Japanese dictionary, which gives the
option of kanji displayed in ASCII - and so here are the kanji in
'Jikushiru,' given now as they actually should look! :-)


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('jiku,' meaning 'axis,' 'center,' or 'stem')

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(Real pronunciation 'uji' or 'shi', Jikushirugo pronunciation 'shiru' -
basically means 'clan.')

I also came across another kanji pronounced 'jiku' - this one meaning
'saffron.'  Anyone have any preferences on whether 'Jikushiru' should mean
'axis clan' or 'saffron clan?'  For reference, I'm putting the 'saffron'
jiku below...

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--
Scott Johnson |
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