"荀子" meaning in All languages combined

See 荀子 on Wiktionary

Proper name [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕyn³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 荀子
  1. Xunzi (Confucian philosopher, c. 310 – c. 235 BC, or c. 314 – c. 217 B.C.)
    Sense id: en-荀子-zh-name-4LjNet8X
  2. Xunzi (ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to said philosopher)
    Sense id: en-荀子-zh-name-qjYawqwT Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Books, Individuals Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 56 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 69 9 9 Disambiguation of Books: 22 78 Disambiguation of Individuals: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 荀子學 (Xúnzǐxué), 荀子学 (Xúnzǐxué)

Proper name [Japanese]

Forms: 荀子 [canonical] (ruby: (じゅん), ()), Junshi [romanization]
Etymology: Chinese 荀子 (Xúnzǐ) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|荀子|sort=しゅんし'}} Chinese 荀子 (Xúnzǐ) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|じゅんし}} 荀(じゅん)子(し) • (Junshi)
  1. Xunzi
    Sense id: en-荀子-ja-name-lImsITyC
  2. Xunzi (book)
    Sense id: en-荀子-ja-name-bUjUrhEe Categories (other): Books, China, Confucianism, Individuals Disambiguation of Books: 24 76 Disambiguation of China: 0 100 Disambiguation of Confucianism: 0 100 Disambiguation of Individuals: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 諸子百家 (Shoshi Hyakka) (ruby: (しょ), (), (ひゃっ), ())
Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 荀子 meaning in All languages combined (4.0kB)

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