Japanese Word Entry
使徒書簡| Kana: | しとしょかん |
| Romaji: | shitoshokan |
| Definition: | the Epistles (of the New Testament) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 使 | use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕˇ (shǐ), ㄕˋ (shì) |
| Cantonese: | si2 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / つか.う (tsukau)、 つか.い (tsukai)、 -つか.い (-tsukai)、 -づか.い (-dukai) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | sử, sứ |
| 徒 | on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people, disciple, follower, go on foot |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄨˊ (tú) |
| Cantonese: | tou4 |
| Japanese: | ト (to) / いたずら (itazura)、 あだ (ada)、 かち (kachi)、 ともがら (tomogara)、 いたずらに (itazurani) |
| Korean: | 도 (do) |
| Vietnamese: | đồ |
| 書 | write, book, letter, document, writings |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄨ (shū) |
| Cantonese: | syu1 |
| Japanese: | ショ (sho) / か.く (kaku)、 -が.き (-gaki)、 ふみ (fumi) |
| Korean: | 서 (seo) |
| Vietnamese: | thư |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 书 |
| 簡 | simplicity, brevity, simple, terse, succinct, letter |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄢˇ (jiǎn) |
| Cantonese: | gaan2 |
| Japanese: | カン (kan)、 ケン (ken) / えら.ぶ (erabu)、 ふだ (fuda) |
| Korean: | 간 (gan) |
| Vietnamese: | giản |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 简 |
| Semantic variant form: | 耕 |