A Study on the Chinese Way of Reading the Japanese-made Chinese Characters

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23652085
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Linguistics
Research Institution	Kumamoto University
Principal Investigator	CHISHIMA Eiichi 熊本大学, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (20167513)
Project Period (FY)	2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	文字学 / 和製漢字 / 中国語辞典 / 中国語読音 / 駅 / 峠 / 簡略化 / 広東語音 / 中国語音 / 文字情報 / 台湾
Research Abstract	This study focused on how to pronounce kanji made in Japan by using Chinese sound. Except a few letters, most of kanji made in Japan have not been mentioned at all in Chinese dictionaries published in Japan as well as ones published in China. Therefore, it has remained a problem to be solved from both educational and academic perspectives. The purpose of this study was to provide each such kanji with the most appropriate Chinese sound