古事記

See also: 古事记

Chinese
literature; classical allusion
 
to remember; to note; mark
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (古事記) 古事 記
simp. (古事记) 古事 记

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 古事記 (Kojiki).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

古事記

  1. Kojiki (earliest historical record of ancient Japan written in 711-712 CE)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
古 事 記
こ
Grade: 2		 じ
Grade: 3		 き
Grade: 2
kan’on goon kan’on

Compound of 古事 (koji, “ancient matters”) +‎ 記 (ki, “written record”).

Alternatively, from 古 (ko, “ancient”) +‎ 事記 (jiki, “recorded written events”).

Proper noun

古(こ)事(じ)記(き) • (Kojiki) 

  1. the earliest historical record of ancient Japan, written in 711–712 CE
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
  • 古(こ)事(じ)記(き)伝(でん) (Kojiki-den)
  • 古(こ)訓(くん)古(こ)事(じ)記(き) (Kokun Kojiki)
Descendants
  • → Chinese: 古事記／古事记 (Gǔshìjì)
  • → Korean: 고사기 (Gosagi)
  • → Vietnamese: Cổ sự ký

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
古 事 記
ふる
Grade: 2		 こと
Grade: 3		 ふみ > ぶみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi nanori

The kun-read spelling, coined by Motoori Norinaga in his titular commentary, the Kojiki-den (1798).[1][2]

Equivalent to 古事 (furukoto, “ancient matters”) +‎ 書 (fumi, “writing”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

古(ふる)事(こと)記(ぶみ) • (Furukotobumi) 

  1. (rare) the Kojiki (earliest historical record of ancient Japan written in 711–712 CE)
    • 1798, Motoori Norinaga, Commentaries on the Kojiki
      さて日(に)本(ほん)紀(ぎ)をば、夜麻登夫美(ヤマトブミ)と訓(よ)むを……されど彼(か)の夜麻登夫美(ヤマトブミ)の例(れい)に傚(なら)はば、布琉許登夫美(フルコトブミ)とぞ訓(よま)まし
      Sate Nihongi o ba, Yamatobumi to yomu o… saredo ka no Yamatobumi no rei ni narawaba, Furukotobumi to zo yomamashi
      Then, if the Nihongi is read in purely native language as Yamato-bumi... following this custom [the Kojiki] is as Furukoto-bumi.
Coordinate terms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
古事記

Proper noun

古事記 • (Gosagi) (hangeul 고사기)

  1. Hanja form? of 고사기 (“Kojiki”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
古事記

Proper noun

古事記

  1. chữ Hán form of Cổ sự ký (“Kojiki”).
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