題目

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See also: 题目

Chinese

 
topic; subject; to inscribe
topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
 
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
trad. (題目) 題 目
simp. (题目) 题 目

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 題 目
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 東 (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 杜奚切 莫六切
Baxter dej mjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dei/ /mɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dei/ /miuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɛi/ /miuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɛj/ /muwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/dei/ /miuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/diei/ /mĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱiei/ /mi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tí mù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tai4 muk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 目
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.m(r)k/
English eye

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 題 目
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11623 9333
Phonetic
component 		是 目
Rime
group 		支 覺
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		嗁 目
Old
Chinese 		/*deː/ /*muɡ/

Noun

題目

  1. (countable) subject; title; theme; category; area of interest; topic (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    擬定論文題目／拟定论文题目  ―  nǐdìng lùnwén tímù  ―  proposed thesis topic
  2. (countable) exam question; exercise problem (Classifier: 個／个 m; 道 m)
  3. (Classical) excuse; pretext
  4. (Classical) name (of a thing); designation; title; appellation

Synonyms

  • (excuse):
  • (name):

See also

Verb

題目

  1. (Classical) to judge; to assess

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (題目):

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
題 目
だい
Grade: 3 		もく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 題目 (MC dej|dejH mjuwk).

Pronunciation

Noun

題(だい)目(もく) • (daimoku) 

  1. title of a book or other work
    Synonym: 題号 (daigō)
  2. theme, topic
    Synonym: 主題 (shudai)
  3. (Buddhism) in Nichiren Buddhism, the chanting of the 南無妙法蓮華経 (Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Glory to the Lotus Sutra”) and the 妙法蓮華経 (Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Lotus Sutra”)
    Synonym: お題目 (o-daimoku)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
題目

Noun

題目 • (jemok) (hangeul 제목)

  1. Hanja form? of 제목 (“a title of a book or other work”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
題目

Noun

題目

  1. chữ Hán form of đề mục (“heading, head of chapter; rubric”).
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