這う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
這
は
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
延う

Glyph origin

Considered to be a 国訓 (kokkun) not derived from Chinese 漢文 (kanbun) tradition. Along with China's usage of the character 這/这 for a medieval pronoun, also with murky origins, this makes 這 a character with markedly different usages in both countries/languages.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "這う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
這う は​う [háꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 這え は​え [háꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 這われる はわれ​る [hàwáréꜜrù]
Causative 這わせる はわせ​る [hàwáséꜜrù]
Potential 這える はえ​る [hàéꜜrù]
Volitional 這おう はお​ー [hàóꜜò]
Negative 這わない はわ​ない [hàwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 這わなかった はわ​なかった [hàwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 這います はいま​す [hàímáꜜsù]
Perfective 這った は​った [háꜜttà]
Conjunctive 這って は​って [háꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 這えば は​えば [háꜜèbà]

Verb

這(は)う • (hau) ←はふ (fafu)?intransitive godan (stem 這(は)い (hai), past 這(は)った (hatta))

  1. to crawl, to creep
    毛(け)虫(むし)が枝(えだ)を這(は)っている。
    Kemushi ga eda o hatte iru.
    A caterpillar is crawling along the branch.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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