Extract from Handbook of Japanese Lexicon and Word Formation

(edited by Taro Kageyama, Hideki Kishimoto. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 29 Jan. 2016 - 747 pages)

This extract is from Chapter 3 "Sino-Japanese words", Section 2: "Characteristics of one-character words",
by Hideki Kobayashi, Kiyo Yamashita and Taro Kageyama.