温故知新

See also: 溫故知新

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 温故知新 – see 溫故知新 (“reviewing learnt knowledge helps one understand it better; reviewing the past helps one understand the present”).
(This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫故知新).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
温 故 知 新
おん
Grade: 3		 こ
Grade: 5		 ち
Grade: 2		 しん
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
溫故知新 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 溫故知新 (wēngùzhīxīn), in the Analects:[1]

子曰：「溫故而知新，可以為師矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子曰：「温故而知新，可以为师矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zǐ yuē: “Wēn gù ér zhī xīn, kěyǐ wéi shī yǐ.” [Pinyin]
The Master said, "If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others."

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) お​んこちしん [óꜜǹkòchìshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4]
  • IPA(key): [õ̞ŋko̞t͡ɕi̥ɕĩɴ]

Noun

温(おん)故(こ)知(ち)新(しん) • (onkochishin) ←をんこちしん (wonkotisin)?

  1. One should be able to derive new understanding while revising what he has learned. Learning from the past.

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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