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OT: Shogi , promotion of pawn ???

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dajava

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Jan 9, 2004, 4:15:59 AM1/9/04
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Hi,

Only promoted Pawn has a 'gana' (Japanese letter) whose pronunciation is 'to'
whereas others have Chinese characters.

Any particular reason?

dajava,

Gil Baron W0MN

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Jan 9, 2004, 12:26:35 PM1/9/04
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John Rowland

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Jan 10, 2004, 7:02:41 PM1/10/04
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dajava

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Jan 29, 2004, 1:16:27 AM1/29/04
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qu...@list.ru (Gil Baron W0MN) wrote in message news:<cbe2ba26.04010...@posting.google.com>...

I got to have a chance to ask a Japanese shogi player, whose
background is Japanese literature, about it

Hiragana (= Japanese letters) are very simplified form of cursive
Kanzi (=Chinese characters)

the hiragana pronunciated as 'to' is nothing but the very simplified
form of cursive Kanzi 'gold'

therefore, promoted silver, promoted bishop, promoted knight, and
promoted pawn : all these are 'gold' in their meanings with different
pronunciations.

dajava,

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