Message - Inshin

Japanese: 音信 - いんしん

〘 noun 〙 ("in" is the Chinese pronunciation of "on")① (━suru) To send a letter. News. Also, to maintain friendship through a letter or visit. A visit. A message. ※Bunka Shūreishū (818), part 2, Fūwa Shun'ei-en (Sugawara Kiyomitsu), "What a man to conquer, I have no _intention of sending a message for ten years." ※Bunmeihon Setsuyōshū (middle Muromachi period), "Message, inshin wo tozure" (Shen Yue - Xiangyang White Copper Rod Song)② ( ━suru) A message. Also, to send one. ※Tamonin Diary - Bunroku 2 (1593) February 17th "Jinrokuzo sent a package of both kinds of sake as a message to Jinsuke." ※Ukiyo-zoshi - Zoku Tsurezure (1695) 1 "I also sent a message of a barrel of sake to an inn that produces fine sake, but I am not very wise." [Glossary] → Glossary of "Onshin (Message)"

On-shin [Message]

〘Noun〙① To send a message. Also, that message. Arrival. Onshin. Inshin. [Shogaku Yomihon Jihen (1877)]② The unit of number of characters in a regular telegram. In Japanese telegrams written in katakana, ten characters (kana, numbers, punctuation, and parentheses) make up one onshin, and one onshin is added for every increase of five thereafter. [Glossary] (1) The List of Commonly Used Kanji gives "onshin futsū" as an example of the word "on" (sound) in, and notes that it can also be used as "onshin futsuu." "Onshin" is pronounced in Go-on, and "inshin" is pronounced in Kan-on. Until the Meiji period, it was "inshin."
(2) The word "onshin" appeared by 1877, but "inshin" was predominant until around 1887. After that, the two forms coexisted, but after the war, "onshin" became predominant.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙 (「いん」は「音」の漢音)① (━する) 便りをすること。便り。また、手紙や訪問によってよしみを通じること。おとずれ。おんしん。※文華秀麗集（818）中・奉和春閨怨〈菅原清公〉「奈何征人大無_レ意、一別十年音信賖」※文明本節用集（室町中）「音信インシンヲトヅレ」〔沈約‐襄陽白銅鞮歌〕② (━する) 音信物(いんしんもの)。また、それを贈ること。※多聞院日記‐文祿二年（1593）二月一七日「甚六造作付、甚介音信として両種・一荷遣之」※浮世草子・俗つれづれ（1695）一「某(それがし)も名酒を造る宿へ酒樽の音信(ヰンシン)、さりとては不才覚」[語誌]→「おんしん（音信）」の語誌

おん‐しん【音信】

〘名〙① 便りをすること。また、その便り。おとずれ。音塵。いんしん。〔小学読本字引（1877）〕② 通常電報の字数の単位。片仮名の和文電報では、仮名、数字、句読点、括弧の記号一〇を一音信とし、以後五増加するたびに一音信を加える。[語誌](1)常用漢字表では「音」のインの語例に「音信不通」をあげ、備考に「オンシンフツウとも」としている。「おんしん」は呉音、「いんしん」は漢音読み。明治期になるまでは「いんしん」。
(2)「おんしん」の語形は明治一〇年（一八七七）までには出現したが、同二〇年ころまでは「いんしん」が優勢。その後両形共存するが、戦後は「おんしん」の方が優勢である。

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