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.