遺事

Chinese

		to lose; to leave behind	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (遺事)		遺	事
simp. (遗事)		遗	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yíshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yíshìh
  - Wade–Giles: i²-shih⁴
  - Yale: yí-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishyh
  - Palladius: иши (iši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

遺事

incidents of the past ages
deeds of those now dead

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遺	事
い Grade: 6	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Attested in Japanese from at least the 16th century.[1] Presumably from Chinese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いじ [íꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [iʑi]

Noun

遺(い)事(じ) • (iji) ^{←ゐじ (wizi)^?}

matters conveyed from the past; historical events
- 1974, Li Kihaku, Sangoku Iji no shigakuteki igi [Historical significance of Sangoku Iji], page 246:
  
  正(せい)史(し)としての三(さん)国(ごく)史(し)記(き)は伝(でん)記(き)体(たい)であるが、個(こ)人(じん)の著(ちょ)述(じゅつ)である三(さん)国(ごく)遺(い)事(じ)は、内(ない)容(よう)別(べつ)にその編(あみ)目(め)を分(わ)けて故(こ)事(じ)を記(き)述(じゅつ)している。
  Seishi to shite no Sangoku Shiki wa denki tai de aru ga, kojin no chojutsu de aru Sangoku Iji wa, naiyō betsu ni sono amime o wakete koji o kijutsu shiteiru.
  While the official history of Samguk Sagi [History of the Three Kingdoms] includes biographical accounts, the more personalized writing of Sangoku Iji [Incidents of the Three Kingdoms] describes historical events by dividing them into sections.
things left undone by people who have died
things left undone from a past project or plan

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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