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, 温故知新, 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, 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. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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