Traditional Chinese

/tɹəˈdɪʃənəl tʃaɪˈniːz/

Chinese written using the traditional form of Chinese characters, as opposed to Simplified Chinese (introduced by the PRC as script reform).

حُرُوف صِينِيَّة تَقْلِيدِيَّة

Chinese written using traditional characters


Simplified Chinese

Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the PRC as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number of strokes, etc.) compared to their pre-reform shapes.

حُرُوف صِينِيَّة مُبَسَّطَة

Chinese written using simplified characters


漢字

→ English: Kanji, kanji

→ French: kanji

→ German: Kanji

→ Indonesian: kanji

→ Portuguese: kanji

→ Russian: кандзи́ (kandzí)

→ Spanish: kanji

→ Thai: คันจิ (kan-jì)

From Middle Chinese compound 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, literally “Han Chinese + character”). Compare modern Mandarin 漢字／汉字 (hànzì), Hokkien 漢字／汉字 (hàn-jī / hàn-lī).

zh-l

漢字／汉字 (hànzì)


国字

kokuji (kanji invented outside of China)


旧字体

ja-noun

旧(きゅう)字(じ)体(たい) • (kyūjitai) ^(←きうじたい (kiuzitai)?)

旧字体 (canonical)
kiuzitai (romanization)
きうじたい (hiragana historical)

旧 (kyū-, “old”) + 字体 (jitai, “character form”)

prefix

kyūjitai (traditional form of Japanese kanji used before 1947)


新字体

[ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑita̠i]

新 (shin-, “new”) + 字体 (jitai, “character form”).

shinjitai (a form of Japanese kanji used after 1947)


俗字

/t͡sʊk̚² t͡siː²²/

/t͡sʊk̚² t͡siː²²/

Hanzi variant that is widespread but not orthodox


俗字

a kanji variant that is widespread but not orthodox


会意

(Chinese character classification) compound indicatives

指事: ideogram

六書 (rikusho): The six types of Han characters


六書

The six principles for composing Chinese script.


象形

(Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms.


繁体字

From Chinese 繁體字／繁体字 (fántǐzì) (left: traditional / right: simplified).

Traditional Chinese character(s); Traditional Chinese


Chinese character

en-noun

Chinese character (plural Chinese characters)

There are no Publick Schools in all China (though ſome Writers have erroneouſly ſet forth the contrary) but every perſon chuſes his own Maſter, by whom he is taught in his Houſe, at his own charge. And in regard of the great difficulty in teaching the Chineſe Characters, in reſpect of their vaſt number and variety, it is impoſſible for one to teach many ſeveral perſons ; and therefore every Maſter of a Family takes an Intſructer into his Houſe for his Children, of whom if there be two or three to learn, they are as many as one Tutor can well teach.

1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 163:

Had it not been for the casual discovery in the year 1625 of a deeply buried black marble tablet near Hsi-an containing nearly 1,700 Chinese characters, and a long list of names of priests in Syriac, the fact that such a sect rooted itself in the Celestial Empire would never have been believed, as indeed after the tablet was unearthed it was for a long time discredited.

1912, Arthur Henderson Smith, “Uplifting Leaders”, in The Uplift of China, →OCLC, page 117:

Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

кита́йская гра́мота

can also be derogatory, "something unreadable"


Hanzi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漢字／汉字 (Hànzì). Doublet of kanji and hanja.

On May 21, 1957, the Jen min je pao published the text of the previous day’s discussions during which writers and scholars of various tendencies had examined before the Commission the proposed reform (which, in the opinion of certain “leftists,” entailed in fact the suppression of the han tzŭ, the Chinese characters).

[1959, Etiemble, “One China or Two?”, in Evergreen Review, volume 2, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31:

Chinese character
Chinese character#English

Synonym of Chinese character (specifically in relation to Chinese)


外字

外字 (canonical)
gaiji (romanization)
gwaizi (romanization)
ぐわいじ (hiragana historical)

A character not included in a standard set of characters, such as JIS or Unicode. Often found in names of Japanese people and places.


幽霊文字

ja-noun

幽(ゆう)霊(れい)文(も)字(じ) • (yūrei moji) ^(←いうれいもじ (iurei mozi)?)

幽霊文字 (canonical)
yūrei moji (romanization)
iurei mozi (romanization)
いうれいもじ (hiragana historical)

[jɯ̟ːɾe̞ː mo̞ʑi]

幽霊 (yūrei, “ghost”) + 文字 (moji, “character”)

compound

(computing) ghost character (kanji included in JIS X 0208 but of unknown origin)


簡体字

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 簡體字／简体字 (jiǎntǐzì).

zh-l

簡體字／简体字 (jiǎntǐzì)

Simplified Chinese character(s); Simplified Chinese


正體字

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/

/t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ d͡zi⁴¹/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/

/t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi³³/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³/

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/

/t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ d͡zi⁴¹/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/

/t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi³³/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³/

規範字

standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese

Chinese character (traditional or simplified) that conforms to an official or historical orthography


形声

From Middle Chinese compound 形聲 (MC heng syeng, literally “form, shape + sound”).
The kan'on, so likely a borrowing from later in the history of Middle Chinese.

ltc-l

One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters comprising a part that indicates the meaning, and a part that indicates the pronunciation.


指事

(Chinese character classification) ideogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 ideogram. One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 (“above”) and 下 (“below”) that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.


略字

ja-noun

略(りゃく)字(じ) • (ryakuji) ^(←りやくじ (ryakuzi)?)

略字 (canonical)
ryakuji (romanization)
ryakuzi (romanization)
りやくじ (hiragana historical)

a colloquial, simplified form of a kanji


教育漢字

教(きょう)育(いく)漢(かん)字(じ) • (kyōiku kanji) ^(←けういくかんじ (keuikukanzi)?)

教育漢字 (canonical)
kyōiku kanji (romanization)
keuikukanzi (romanization)
けういくかんじ (hiragana historical)

[kʲo̞ːikɯ̟ kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Compound of 教育(きょういく) (kyōiku, “education”) + 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese character”).

ja-compound

常用漢字(じょうようかんじ) 常用漢字#Japanese

(education) the 1,026 kanji taught in primary school; a subset of 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ) (jōyō kanji)

常用漢字

常用漢字 じょうようかんじ


表外字

[ço̞ːɡa̠iʑi]

Compound of 表(ひょう) (hyō, “chart”) + 外(がい) (gai, “outside”) + 字(じ) (ji, “letter; written character”), literally "a character outside the chart".

Kanji characters outside of the jōyō kanji and jinmeiyō kanji lists. For example, 攪 and its shinjitai form, 撹.


stroke order

the standard sequence in which a Chinese character is written in Chinese, Japanese or Korean writing


正字

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡siː²²/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

/t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡siː²²/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

/t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/


正字

正字 (canonical)
seiji (romanization)
seizi (romanization)
せいじ (hiragana historical)


新字體

/ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/

/ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/

shinjitai (a form of Japanese kanji used after 1947)


舊字體

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯²² t͡siː²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯²² t͡siː²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/

kyūjitai (traditional form of Japanese kanji used before 1947)


字源

字源 (canonical)
jigen (romanization)
zigen (romanization)
じげん (hiragana historical)


異體字

/i⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²² tʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/

/i⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²² tʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/

variant form; alternative form of a Chinese character


chinês simplificado

Simplified Chinese (Chinese written using simplified characters)


chinês tradicional

Traditional Chinese (Chinese written using traditional characters)


국자

Sino-Korean word from 國字, from 國 (“country; nation”) + 字 (“writing”). Compare Japanese 国字 (“kokuji”)

ko-etym-sino

gukja (Han characters invented outside of China)


異体字

"髙"は"高"の異体字です。

variant Chinese character, variant kanji


四角号碼

ja-pos

四(し)角(かく)号(ごう)碼(ま) • (Shikaku Gōma) ^(←しかくがうま (Sikakugauma)?)

四角号碼 (canonical)
Shikaku Gōma (romanization)
Sikakugauma (romanization)
しかくがうま (hiragana historical)

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 四角號碼／四角号码 (sìjiǎo hàomǎ). (The usual Japanese word for "number" in this context would be 番号(ばんごう) (bangō).)

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四角號碼／四角号码 (sìjiǎo hàomǎ)

蘇州号碼

蘇州号碼 そしゅうごうま


字形

見慣れない字形

forms of characters that one is not used to seeing

the form or shape of a character that concerns only minor differences, such as how certain strokes or stroke combinations are drawn, reflecting calligraphic or regional differences; compare 字体 (jitai)


簡化字

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 簡化字／简化字 (jiǎnhuàzì).

zh-l

簡化字／简化字 (jiǎnhuàzì)

規範字

standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese (whether simplified or not)


生僻字

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

esoteric Chinese character; rarely used Chinese character


はしご高

はしご高 (canonical)
hashigodaka (romanization)

梯子 (hashigo, “ladder”) + 高 (taka). The taka changes to daka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The term is in reference to the way the central top portion of the 旧字体 (kyūjitai, “old form”, prior to various writing reforms) of the character looks a bit like a ladder. Compare the two forms:
* 髙 as the 旧字体 (kyūjitai, “old form”) and "ladder" version
* 高 as the 新字体 (shinjitai, “new form”)

a nickname for the 髙 character, a variant of 高


明朝体

ja-noun

明(みん)朝(ちょう)体(たい) • (Minchōtai) ^(←みんてうたい (minteutai)?)

明朝体 (canonical)
Minchōtai (romanization)
minteutai (romanization)
みんてうたい (hiragana historical)

[mʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːta̠i]

明朝 (Minchō, “Ming dynasty”) + 体 (-tai, “calligraphic style”)

suf

源ノ明朝

the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style


ゴシック体

ゴシック体 (canonical)
goshikku-tai (romanization)

ゴシック (goshikku, “gothic”) + 体 (-tai, “calligraphic style”)

源ノ角ゴシック

the gothic typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western sans serif style


舊字形

ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯²² t͡siː²² jɪŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯²² t͡siː²² jɪŋ²¹/

the (printed) form of Chinese characters based on traditional Ming typefaces, such as that of the Kangxi Dictionary, instead of handwritten forms


楷書体

楷書体 (canonical)
kaisho-tai (romanization)

From 楷書(かいしょ) (kaisho, “regular script”) + 体(たい) (tai).


拡張新字体

ja-noun

拡(かく)張(ちょう)新(しん)字(じ)体(たい) • (kakuchō shinjitai)

拡張新字体 (canonical)
kakuchō shinjitai (romanization)

From 拡張(かくちょう) (kakuchō, “extension”) + 新字体(しんじたい) (shinjitai, “shinjitai”).

ja-compound

extended shinjitai (unofficial shinjitai)


丸ゴシック体

丸ゴシック体 (canonical)
maru-goshikku-tai (romanization)

From 丸(まる) (maru, “round”) + ゴシック (goshikku) + 体(たい) (tai).


江戸文字

江戸文字 (canonical)
Edo moji (romanization)

From 江戸(えど) (Edo, “Edo”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “characters”).

(calligraphy and typography) "Edo characters", distinctive calligraphic (and later, typographic) styles that were born in the Edo period


人名用漢字

ja-noun

人(じん)名(めい)用(よう)漢(かん)字(じ) • (jinmei-yō kanji)

人名用漢字 (canonical)
jinmei-yō kanji (romanization)

[d͡ʑĩmːe̞ːjo̞ː kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

From 人名(じんめい) (jinmei, “name of a person”) + 用(よう) (-yō, “for its use”) + 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “kanji”).

ja-compound

kanji approved for use in names registered in the 戸籍(こせき) (koseki, “family register”)


勘亭流

ㄎㄢ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

/kʰän⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/hɐm⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

/kʰän⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/hɐm⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 勘亭流.

obor

(callligraphy and typography) Kantei-ryū


勘亭流

勘亭流 (canonical)
Kantei-ryū (romanization)

[kã̠nte̞ːɾʲɨː]

The style is said to have been created by 岡崎屋(おかざきや)勘六(かんろく) (Okazakiya Kanroku, calligrapher, 1746–1805), whose pen-name (号(ごう)) was 勘亭(かんてい) (Kantei).

ja-r

^おかざきや% ^かんろく

江戸文字(えどもじ) 江戸文字#Japanese

(callligraphy and typography) Kantei-ryū, a type of 江戸文字(えどもじ) (Edo moji) usually associated with kabuki signage and characterized by thick, flowing, and rounded strokes


簡易慣用字体

ja-noun

かんい かんよう じたい

簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) • (kan'i kan'yō jitai)

簡易慣用字体 (canonical)
kan'i kan'yō jitai (romanization)

From 簡易(かんい) (kan'i, “simple”) + 慣用(かんよう) (kan'yō, “common usage”) + 字体(じたい) (jitai, “form of a character”).

ja-compound

印刷標準字体 印刷標準字体#Japanese

variant kanji whose use in place of the 印刷標準字体 (insatsu hyōjun jitai) has been approved


印刷標準字体

ja-noun

いんさつ ひょうじゅん じたい

いんさつ へうじゆん じたい

印(いん)刷(さつ)標(ひょう)準(じゅん)字(じ)体(たい) • (insatsu hyōjun jitai) ^(←いんさつへうじゆんじたい (insatu feuzyun zitai)?)

印刷標準字体 (canonical)
insatsu hyōjun jitai (romanization)
insatu feuzyun zitai (romanization)
いんさつへうじゆんじたい (hiragana historical)

From 印刷(いんさつ) (insatsu, “printing”) + 標準(ひょうじゅん) (hyōjun, “standard”) + 字体(じたい) (jitai, “form of a character”).

ja-compound

standard form of a 表外漢字 (hyōgai kanji) used in printing; Publishing Standard Glyphs


教科書体

教科書体 (canonical)
kyōkasho-tai (romanization)

From 教(きょう)科(か)書(しょ) (kyōkasho, “schoolbook”) + 体(たい) (-tai, “calligraphic style”).

(typography) a style reminiscent of 楷(かい)書(しょ)体(たい) (kaishotai) written using a pen, used in pedagogy


表外漢字

表外漢字 (canonical)
hyōgai kanji (romanization)

[ço̞ːɡa̠ikã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Kanji characters outside of the jōyō kanji and jinmeiyō kanji lists. For example, 攪.


常用外漢字

ja-noun

常(じょう)用(よう)外(がい)漢(かん)字(じ) • (jōyōgai kanji)

常用外漢字 (canonical)
jōyōgai kanji (romanization)

[d͡ʑo̞ːjo̞ːɡa̠i kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

From 常用 (jōyō, “general use”) + 外 (-gai, “outside”) + 漢字 (kanji, “Chinese character”).


常用漢字

ja-noun

常(じょう)用(よう)漢(かん)字(じ) • (jōyō kanji) ^(←じやうようかんじ (zyauyoukanzi)?)

常用漢字 (canonical)
jōyō kanji (romanization)
zyauyoukanzi (romanization)
じやうようかんじ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːjo̞ː kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

From 常用 (jōyō, “general use”) + 漢字 (kanji, “Chinese character”).

com

文部科学省 文部科学省#Japanese

Ministry of Education
ministry of education

kanji approved for regular use by the 文部科学省 (Monbu-kagaku-shō, “Japanese Ministry of Education”)


次様

ja-noun

次(つぎ)様(ざま) or 次(つぎ)様(さま) • (tsugizama or tsugisama)

次様 (canonical)
次様 (canonical)
tsugizama (romanization)
tsugisama (romanization)


転注

(linguistics) figurative extension of meaning


krzaczek

krzaczek (nominative singular)
krzaczki (nominative plural)
krzaczka (genitive singular)
krzaczków (genitive plural)
krzaczkowi (dative singular)
krzaczkom (dative plural)
krzaczek (accusative singular)
krzaczki (accusative plural)
krzaczkiem (instrumental singular)
krzaczkami (instrumental plural)
krzaczku (locative singular)
krzaczkach (locative plural)
krzaczku (singular vocative)
krzaczki (plural vocative)

(Jak wiadomo, odczytywanie chińsko-japońskich krzaczków jest wyłącznie rozwiązywaniem rebusów, gdyż każdy krzaczek znaczy co innego w zależności od kontekstu; zupełnie jak w dzisiejszej Polsce.)

1994, Wiesław Górnicki, Teraz już można: ze wspomnień kulawego szerpy:

(As you know, reading the Sino-Japanese Chinese characters is only solving rebuses, because each Chinese character means something different depending on the context; just like in today's Poland.)

„Czy pisze krzaczkami, po japońsku?”, zapytałem.

2001, Andrzej A. Traczykowski, Czas komety:

"Does he write Chinese characters in Japanese?" I asked.

Zaśmiewali się do łez, ile razy Henne pojawił się w okolicy i żadne bicie na to nie pomagało, aż w końcu wzięci na tortury szybciutko wyznali, co jest na nim napisane kaligraficznie, pięknymi chińskimi krzaczkami.

2013 October 4, Dorota Ostrowska, Gdzie diabeł nie może: tom 2, e-bookowo, →ISBN, page 81:

They laughed to tears every time Henne appeared in the area, and no beatings helped, until finally, taken under torture, they quickly confessed what was written on it in calligraphy, in beautiful Chinese characters.

Po chwili otwiera się przed nim piękna skórzana teczka, a on zaczyna coś notować „krzaczkami”.

2015 July 10, Sophie Kinsella, Mam twój telefon, Sonia Draga Sp. z o.o., →ISBN:

After a while, a beautiful leather briefcase opens in front of him, and he starts writing something in "Chinese characters".

Poszukiwanie tu konturów czy wizualnej „esencji” realnych desygnatów niewiele ma wspólnego z odbiorem pisma przez jego codziennych użytkowników, zasadniczo traktujących egzotyczne dla nas „krzaczki” tak, jak my postrzegamy litery i zapisane za ich pomocą słowa.

2016, BEATA ŚNIECIKOWSKA, Haiku po polsku. Genologia w perspektywie transkulturowej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, →ISBN, page 522:

The search for contours or the visual "essence" of real referents has little to do with the reception of writing by its everyday users, who basically treat "Chinese characters' exotic to us, just as we perceive letters and words written with them.

(humorous, chiefly in the plural) moonrunes (illegible characters; squiggle)

(humorous, chiefly in the plural) Chinese characters


異用字

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²² jʊŋ²² t͡siː²²/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²² jʊŋ²² t͡siː²²/

If you want to expand your search field to cover other information in the dictionary such as the contents in definitions, example sentences and variant forms, click the Chinese character or Pinyin text and click 全文 (full text).

Ruò xiǎng kuòdà cháxún tiáojiàn yǐ hángài shìyì nèiróng, lìjù, yìyòngzì děng cídiǎn qítā zīliào, kě shūrù hànzì huò pīnyīn, diǎnxuǎn “quánwén”.

若想擴大查詢條件以涵蓋釋義內容、例句、異用字等辭典其他資料，可輸入漢字或拼音，點選「全文」。

若想扩大查询条件以涵盖释义内容、例句、异用字等辞典其他资料，可输入汉字或拼音，点选「全文」。

A daughter-in-law may refer to her husband's father in a conversation as "大官", or alternatively "大倌".

Xífù duì wàirén chēnghū zìjǐ zhàngfū de fùqīn wéi “dà{ta}guān{koaⁿ}”; yìyòngzì wéi “taguān{koaⁿ}”.

媳婦對外人稱呼自己丈夫的父親為「大{ta}官{koaⁿ}」；異用字為「大倌{koaⁿ}」。

媳妇对外人称呼自己丈夫的父亲为「大{ta}官{koaⁿ}」；异用字为「大倌{koaⁿ}」。

When the Southern Min Dictionary was defining the entry 匏桸, 匏瓠 was given as one of its variant forms. But can 匏瓠 really be used as the variant form of 匏桸?

1 April 2019, 台語「匏桸」的異用字是什麼？

“Mínnányǔ cídiǎn” zài jiěshì “páo{pû}桸{hia}” cítiáo shí, shuō tā de yìyòngzì bāokuò “páo{pû}hù{hia}”. Dànshì “páo{pû}hù{hia}” yī cí, zhēnde kěyǐ zuò wéi páo{pû}桸{hia} de yìyòngzì ma?

《閩南語辭典》在解釋「匏{pû}桸{hia}」詞條時，說它的異用字包括「匏{pû}瓠{hia}」。但是「匏{pû}瓠{hia}」一詞，真的可以做為匏{pû}桸{hia}的異用字嗎？

1 April 2019, 台語「匏桸」的異用字是什麼？

《闽南语辞典》在解释「匏{pû}桸{hia}」词条时，说它的异用字包括「匏{pû}瓠{hia}」。但是「匏{pû}瓠{hia}」一词，真的可以做为匏{pû}桸{hia}的异用字吗？

(of Chinese characters) variant form; alternative form


規範字

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ faːn²² t͡siː²²/

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ faːn²² t͡siː²²/

(Mainland China, formal) standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese

簡化字

(standardized) Simplified Chinese characters

簡體字

(standardized or unofficial) Simplified Chinese characters

正體字

standardized Traditional Chinese characters (chiefly Taiwan)


規範字

[kʲihã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

zh-m

規範字／规范字 (guīfànzì)


傳承字形

ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

чуаньчэн цзысин

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²² jɪŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²² jɪŋ²¹/


구결자

[ˈku(ː)ɡjʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠]

Sino-Korean word from 口訣字, with compound/genitive tensing applied.


基本區

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/kei̯⁵⁵ puːn³⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/kei̯⁵⁵ puːn³⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Extension A
w:CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

(computing, informal) CJK Unified Ideographs (the Unicode block whose range is U+4E00 to U+9FFF, as opposed to later extensions such as Extension A)


有音無字

ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄣ ㄨˊ ㄗˋ

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵ u³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jɐu̯¹³ jɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡siː²²/

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵ u³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jɐu̯¹³ jɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡siː²²/

to have a pronunciation but not a written form; to not be able to be written in Chinese characters


隸定

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/

to retranscribe an ancient Chinese character in a contemporary style


品字様

ja-noun

品(ひん)字(じ)様(よう) • (hinjiyō) ^(←ひんじやう (finzyau)?)

品字様 (canonical)
hinjiyō (romanization)
finzyau (romanization)
ひんじやう (hiragana historical)

[çĩɲ̟d͡ʑijo̞ː]

Han character that is of 3 identical elements arranged in the style of the character 品


ゲバ字

A style of written kanji, encompassing an angular form and a set of ryakuji. It is politically associated with leftist student activism.

全共闘文字

全共闘文字 ぜんきょうとうもじ

全学連文字

全学連文字 ぜんがくれんもじ


丸文字

丸文字 (canonical)
maru-moji (romanization)

a highly rounded feminine handwriting style born in the 1970s


字表

/t͡sz̩⁵¹ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sz̩⁵¹ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


怪字

/ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/kʷaːi̯³³ t͡siː²²/

/ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/kʷaːi̯³³ t͡siː²²/


書写体

書写体 (canonical)
shoshatai (romanization)

(calligraphy) non-standard character forms (旧字体, 異体字, 変体仮名, etc.) used in calligraphy


대표훈

Sino-Korean word from 代表訓, from 代表 (“representative”) + 訓 (“reading”).

ko-etym-sino

(Chinese linguistics) a 훈 (訓, hun, “native meaning”) of a Chinese character by which the character is conventionally identified, e.g. in speech or in dictionaries (especially in reference to polysemous characters)


字解

字解 (canonical)
jikai (romanization)
zikai (romanization)
じかい (hiragana historical)


画数

ja-noun

画(かく)数(すう) • (kakusū) ^(←くわくすう (kwakusuu)?)

画数 (canonical)
kakusū (romanization)
kwakusuu (romanization)
くわくすう (hiragana historical)

[ka̠kɯ̟̊sɨː]

number of strokes in a Chinese character


親字

親字 (canonical)
oyaji (romanization)
oyazi (romanization)
おやじ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 親(おや) (oya, “parent”) + 字(じ) (ji, “letter, character”).

ja-compound

the headword character of an entry in a Han character dictionary


生造字

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

novel Han character, created as art, for neologisms, for dialects, or the like


和字

和字 (canonical)
waji (romanization)
wazi (romanization)
わじ (hiragana historical)


江湖字體

ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˊ ㄗˋ ㄊㄧˇ

цзянху цзыти

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism) font with characters in a plebian hand


又體

/joʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/joʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

variant form; alternative form of a Chinese character


或體

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/waːk̚² tʰɐi̯³⁵/

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/waːk̚² tʰɐi̯³⁵/


重文

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ²² mɐn²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ²² mɐn²¹/


口高

口 (kuchi, “mouth”) + 高 (taka). The taka changes to daka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


新字

新字 (canonical)
shinji (romanization)
sinzi (romanization)
しんじ (hiragana historical)

"new characters": Synonym of 新字体 (shinjitai)


旧字

旧字 (canonical)
kyūji (romanization)
kiuzi (romanization)
きうじ (hiragana historical)

旧字旧仮名

old kanji and old kana (pre-war orthography)

"old characters": Synonym of 旧字体 (kyūjitai)


孳乳字

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ jyː¹³ t͡siː²²/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ jyː¹³ t͡siː²²/


親文字

Compound of 親 (oya, “parent”) + 文字 (moji, “character, letter”).

compound

synonym of 親字 (oyaji, “Han character dictionary headword”)


立崎

ja-noun

立(たつ)崎(さき) or 立(たつ)崎(ざき) • (tatsusaki or tatsuzaki)

立崎 (canonical)
立崎 (canonical)
tatsusaki (romanization)
tatsuzaki (romanization)

[2023 March 30, ABEMAニュース, 【フォント】絶滅危機の書体を救え！ライバル"モリサワ&写研"が再タッグ｜社会部 西井紘輝記者:

この「崎」という字、たまに石崎さんとか、川崎さんの名前でですね、いわゆる「立崎」と呼ばれるものがあります。

Kono “saki” to iu ji, tama ni Ishizaki-san toka, Kawasaki-san no namae de desu ne, iwayuru “tatsuzaki” to yobareru mono ga arimasu.

A nickname for the 﨑 character, a variant of 崎.