Sino-Japanese vocabulary

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:adoptedSon gptkb:Middle_Chinese
gptkb:Old_Chinese
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs kango
gptkbp:composedOf words borrowed from Chinese
words formed from Chinese morphemes
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:native_Japanese_vocabulary_(yamato_kotoba)
gairaigo (loanwords from languages other than Chinese)
gptkbp:contrastsWithReadingType kun'yomi
gptkbp:hasReadingType on'yomi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sino-Japanese vocabulary
gptkbp:includes words for government, science, technology, and culture
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Classical_Chinese
Buddhist scripture
Confucian texts
gptkbp:introducedIn various periods of Chinese influence
gptkbp:percentageOfJapaneseVocabulary over 50%
gptkbp:refersTo Japanese words of Chinese origin
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Japanese_language
compound words
gptkbp:writtenBy kanji
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_(On'yomi_readings)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6