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    3. 子曰く

    子曰く

    子し曰いわく​

    the Master said ...

    NTExpressionsHistoryReligion & PhilosophyLiteratureKanji Vocab8 strokes

    しいわくしのたまわく

    Expressions

    1.
    the Master said ..., Confucius said ...

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    曰
    いわ.く・のたま.う・のたま.わく・ここに…(1)
    say・reason・pretext・history・past…(1)
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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