Re: [edict-jmdict] Chinese names within headwords

[Marcus Richert <superbrightfuture@*********>]

I think that's a good solution. The question is which form should come
first: [ik] or the "correct" form..?

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Paul Upchurch <upchurch.paul@gmail.com>wrote:

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> How about giving them [ik] rather than [nokanji]? Since while they are
> very common for mahjong, they are technically irregular kana usage for
> Japanese in general. Using 三色同順 as an example:
> "三色同順(さんしょくどうじゅん)" 1.5k
> "三色同順(サンショクドウジュン)" 4.4k
> "三色同順(サンショクドージュン)" 800
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> "さんしょくどうじゅん" -"三色同順" 1.5k
> "サンショクドウジュン" -"三色同順" 2k
> "サンショクドージュン" -"三色同順" 100
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> The help file says to use nokanji when "a kana form is not associated with
> any kanji". While the katakana forms are sometimes used without the kanji
> form, so is the hiragana form; but they're all associated with the kanji.
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