子曰く
Meanings
Expression
1. the Master said ...; Confucius said ... (at the beginning of chapters in the Analects of Confucius)
Other readings
Kanji used
Composed of
子
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...); counter for played stones
Noun