| Change log entry 77737 | |
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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2023-02-22 07:05:33 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 73134 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) The general rule is: << Capitalize a single-word lexeme (such as 和風 etc) on the basis of whether it is a proper noun (capitalize) or a common noun (don't capitalize). >> NB. The meaning of the individual characters in a multi-character word (such as the characters 和 and 風 in 和風 etc) is *irrelevant* to the question of whether to capitalize or not. For example, even though 和 means "Japan; Japanese", 和服 is not a proper noun, and therefore should not be capitalized (except when it occurs at the start of a sentence, of course.) 2) Bound forms should not be capitalized. By definition, a bound form is not a word, and therefore cannot be the name of anything. For example, 和 (in the "Japan; Japanese" sense) is a bound form. It is not a word. It is not another name for Japan. (That's why you cannot take a sentence containing 日本, and replace 日本 with 和.) * * * In the def of 和[he2], Miles added "union" (in 2007). I think he meant union as in set theory, but I think that's wrong, so I have deleted "union" from the def. |
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- 和風 和风 [He2 feng1] /(Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc)/ # + 和風 和风 [he2 feng1] /(Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc)/ # editor: - 和風 和风 [he2 feng1] /breeze/ + 和風 和风 [he2 feng1] /breeze/(Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc)/ # # The following (和服, 和歌, and 和食) are all single words (not two-word lexemes) and they are all common nouns, not proper nouns. # That's why the pinyin for 和服, for example, starts with a small "h" in dictionaries that pay attention to pinyin orthography: # PLC, ABC, NA, NC, and K. # 和服 和服 [he2 fu2] /kimono/Japanese: traditional national clothing, as opposed to Western clothing 洋服/ # 和歌 和歌 [he2 ge1] /waka (style of Japanese poetry)/ # 和食 和食 [he2 shi2] /Japanese cuisine/ # - 和 和 [he2] /and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"/ + 和 和 [he2] /(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4])/(math.) sum/to make peace/(sports) to draw; to tie/(bound form) harmonious/(bound form) Japan; Japanese/ # - 和 和 [He2] /surname He/Japanese (food, clothes etc)/ + 和 和 [He2] /surname He/ |