Saturday, November 15, 2008

FINE

佳 カ

JY f1575 86
fine, good, excellent
佳作・かさく・fine work
佳品・かひん・excellent article
佳境・かきょう・interesting part, climax
fine looking, beautiful
佳人・かじん・beautiful woman
佳麗・かれい・beauty
絶佳の・ぜっかの・superb (landscape)
INDEPENDENT
佳・か・beauty, superbness

"person" (in this case a woman!) together with "edge/jewel" phonetically expressing beautiful plus also connotations of original jewel meaning. Hence a "beautiful" bejeweled woman" and then fine or beautiful in broader sense...

TEST
fine work
excellent article
interesting part, climax
beautiful woman
beauty
superb landscape
beauty, superbness

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