永字八法
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The Eight Principles of Yǒng in Chinese
永字八法 (eiji happō): a demonstration of the Eight Principles of Yǒng with all eight strokes.
Chinese
| forever; always; perpetual(ly) | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
eight | law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (永字八法) | 永 | 字 | 八 | 法 | |
| simp. #(永字八法) | 永 | 字 | 八 | 法 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng zìh ba fǎ
- Wade–Giles: yung3 tzŭ4 pa1 fa3
- Yale: yǔng dz̀ bā fǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong tzyh ba faa
- Palladius: юн цзы ба фа (jun czy ba fa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wing5 zi6 baat3 faat3
- Yale: wíhng jih baat faat
- Cantonese Pinyin: wing5 dzi6 baat8 faat8
- Guangdong Romanization: wing5 ji6 bad3 fad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡siː²² paːt̚³ faːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
永字八法
- (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 永 | 字 | 八 | 法 |
| えい Grade: 5 |
じ Grade: 1 |
はち > はっ Grade: 1 |
ほう > ぽう Grade: 4 |
| kan'on | goon | kan'on | goon |
Etymology
From 永字 (eiji, “永 kanji”) + 八 (hachi, “eight”) + 法 (hō, “principle”).
The hō changes to pō as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..
Pronunciation
Noun
永字八法 • (eiji happō) ←えいじはつぱふ (eizifatupafu)?
- (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng
- 側 (soku) or 点 (ten, literally “point”), the first
- 勒 (roku), the second
- 努 (do), the third
- 趯 (teki) or 跳ね (hane, literally “jump”), the fourth
- 策 (saku), the fifth
- 掠 (ryaku) or 左払い (hidari harai, literally “left sweep”), the sixth
- 啄 (taku), the seventh
- 磔 (taku), 捺 (natsu), or 右払い (migi harai, literally “right sweep”), the eighth
References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 永 | 字 | 八 | 法 |
Noun
永字八法 • (yeongjapalbeop) (hangeul 영자팔법)
- hanja form? of 영자팔법 (“the Eight Principles of Yǒng”)