格言 (かくげん) — maxim, proverb, aphorism
格言
maxim
Frequency #8233
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 5
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective
noun
kakugen
かくげん
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
かくげん[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- maxim
- proverb
- aphorism
Adjective forms
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