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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

曰

Readings

Kana: エツ、いわ.く、のたま.う、のたま.わく、ここに
Romaji: etsu, iwa.ku, notama.u, notama.waku, kokoni
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ひらび
Romaji: hirabi
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Romaji

Meanings

say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  73
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  3-3-1
Korean Reading:  wal
Chinese Reading:  yue1
Unicode:  66f0
JIS:  5B29

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3025
Nelson Index: 2168
New Nelson Index: 2529
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3s1.1
Four Corner Index: 6010.0
Japanese Names Index: 76
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14278
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0952
Remembering the kanji Index: 578
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 585
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 620
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3757

Words

曰く (いわく)
pretext; history; past; story; according to ...; ... says
曰く言い難し (いわくいいがたし)
It is hard to explain; It is hard to say
宣わく (のたまわく)
according to ...; ... says
宣ふ (のたまう)
to say; to be pleased to say (hint of sarcasm)
曰く付き (いわくつき)
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
曰くありげ (いわくありげ)
meaningful; suggestive
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