tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post5696927052524966497..comments2024-02-14T07:29:25.919-05:00Comments on Cook Ding's Kitchen: Nihongo: Ten Thousand ThingsRick Matzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-82386627829638197972007-07-25T02:54:00.000-04:002007-07-25T02:54:00.000-04:00congratscongratsZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925184667906937669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-19937508400168163512007-07-23T12:23:00.000-04:002007-07-23T12:23:00.000-04:00The symbol that it is derived from is associated b...The symbol that it is derived from is associated by it's sound. The symbol itself doesn't seem to have so much significance. <BR/><BR/>Think: a bewilderingly large number of things.Rick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-13272944954765580932007-07-22T14:36:00.000-04:002007-07-22T14:36:00.000-04:00look at the ideogram and wonder about how it manif...look at the ideogram and wonder about how it manifests man. either it's someone bending over, back on their heels, or it is a person with a hat, holding out a scroll.<BR/><BR/>it is my understanding that the 10,000 things was/is(?) also represents all-that-is. now i'm wondering if it means all humans? or perhaps everything in the human world?<BR/><BR/>i wonder what the symbol is for all in the heavenly world, or all under heaven? 10,000 tian?<BR/><BR/>ten thousand crossed with ten thousand (the symbol for 100,000) makes sense.<BR/><BR/>congrats on the 10k hits. 20,000 eyes have looked upon your site ;)ms_lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999098267891256848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-10799195652155152142007-07-17T13:27:00.000-04:002007-07-17T13:27:00.000-04:00Awsome on the 10K hit! Congrats :)Awsome on the 10K hit! Congrats :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com