Chinese - Ayahito

Japanese: 漢人 - あやひと

〘Noun〙① A lineage of continental immigrants in the pre-Taika period. A title given to those who served under the Ayauji and supervised the Ayabe, who were the tomobe under their control. Many of these people had the surname Sukuri . Originally, this was the name given to skilled workers who came from Korea in the early 5th century, but later came to mean immigrants of Chinese descent. →Yamato no Ayauji and Ayabe. ※Shoki (720), March of the 5th year of Sessho Jingu (Atsuta Honin) "The Han clans of the four villages of Kuwahara, Sagi, Takamiya, and Shinobu are the ancestors."② A title similar to a surname . It means that the descendants are Chinese immigrants. ※ Chronicles (720), September, 16th year of the reign of Empress Suiko (Iwasaki Hon Muromachi Period Translation) "The students sent to China are the direct descendants of the Yamato Han . <Omitted> The Chinese are a great power, and the new Chinese are a great nation."

Kan-jin [Chinese people]

〘noun〙① A race native to mainland China. Chinese people. Broadly, people from mainland China. Han people. Han people. ※Edo Hanjoki (1832-36), Tsutsumiho "Ceremonies may be written by a Han person." ※Kusa Makura (1906), Natsume Soseki, volume 8, "If Hirosawa were to become a Japanese calligrapher, I would say that he is a poor Han person." ② A person who came to Japan and claims to be of Chinese descent. Ayahito. ※Fuso Ryakki (early 12th century), Ojin 20th year, "Chinese people arrive in Japan."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 大化前代、大陸系渡来人の一系統。漢氏(あやうじ)の部下となり、支配下の品部(ともべ)である漢部(あやべ)を監督した者の称。その姓(かばね)は村主(すくり)が多い。元来は五世紀初頭に朝鮮から来た技術民がこう呼ばれたが、のち中国系と称する渡来人を意味するようになった。→東漢氏(やまとのあやうじ)・漢部(あやべ)。※書紀（720）神功摂政五年三月（熱田本訓）「今の桑原、佐糜、高宮、忍海、凡て四の邑の漢氏(アヤヒト)等が始祖なり」② 姓(かばね)に準ずる呼称。中国系の渡来人の系統であることを意味する。※書紀（720）推古一六年九月（岩崎本室町時代訓）「唐国に遣(つかは)す学生(ふむやわらは)倭(やまとの)漢(あやの)直(あたい)福因(ふくいん)〈略〉高向(たかむこの)漢人(あやひと)玄理(けんり)、新(いまきの)漢人(アヤヒト)大国」

かん‐じん【漢人】

〘名〙① 中国本土在来の種族。中国人。広く、中国本土の人。漢民族。漢族。※江戸繁昌記（1832‐36）篦頭舗「礼、或は漢人の手に成るも」※草枕（1906）〈夏目漱石〉八「広沢をして日本の能書ならしめば、われは則ち漢人(カンジン)の拙なるものと云ふたのは」② 中国系と称する渡来人。あやひと。※扶桑略記（１２Ｃ初）応神二〇年「漢人来朝」

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