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bon sai |
tray planting |
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bon sai |
tray planting |
 
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sai boku, moku, ki |
judge, decide, cut -- derived from a fancy halberd which might
have been thrust into the ground as a marker, used phonetically to express "to
plant" tree with sweeping branches, wood |
Henshall, Kenneth G. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company; 1988), characters no. 69, 872, 1228, 1828. See also this parallel research by Tim Riley, http://bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATBonsaikanjisymbols.htm, two pages for additional connotations and denotations of these characters. |