漢語かんご (kango)

Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #48122 most frequent
Flashcards

Meaning

漢語 (かんご, kango) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

漢語かんごはもともと 外来がいらい です。

Kango is originally a language of loanwords.

「胡」を「う」と読むのは唐音、「散」を「さん」と読むのは漢音のため、「胡散」は和製漢語と思われる。

The reading of "u" for 胡 is from the T'ang reading of Chinese characters,and 散 as "san" is from the Han reading of Chinese characters,so this means that the readings can be thought of as a type of Japanese-Chinese.

漢語「簪」は中国で使用された髪留めを指す。

A Chinese character '

万国公法』は多くの新漢語を日本にもたらした。

"Bankoku Koho" brought a lot of new words of Chinese origin to Japan.