象形文字

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Chinese

		pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters.	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
trad. (象形文字)		象形	文字
simp. ^#(象形文字)		象形	文字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngxíng wénzì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jing⁴ man⁴ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngxíng wénzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàngsíng wúnzìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-hsing² wên²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: syàng-syíng wén-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyng wentzyh
  - Palladius: сянсин вэньцзы (sjansin vɛnʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jing⁴ man⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: jeuhng yìhng màhn jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jing⁴ man⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ ying⁴ men⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

象形文字

hieroglyph, pictograph

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	形	文	字
しょう Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2	も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
irregular

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象形文字

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーけーもじ (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key):

Noun

象(しょう)形(けい)文(も)字(じ) • (shōkei moji)

hieroglyph, pictograph

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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