[tied] Re: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)

> From what I understand, there were two main times (both fairly

well

> documented) corresponding to two Bhuddist "incursions" trying to

establish

> Bhuddism in Japan. The first was during the 800-900s and the

second in the

> 1200-1300s.
>
> In addition to Bhuddism, they brought Chinese culture and writing.

though

> the writing, they brough the chinese language. Even today, the

ideograms

> often have a "chinese" and a "japanese" reading. And sometimes

more than

> one.

If memory serves, Kanji characters can have _two_ Chinese readings,
corresponding to the two batches of loans, each with a pronunciation
corresponding to the Chinese of its day.

Torsten