| 笔 | [bǐ, ㄅㄧˇ, 笔 / 筆] pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals #1,555 [Add to Longdo] |
| 假借 | [jiǎ jiè, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ, 假 借] loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan, See also: 六書, 六书 #30,074 [Add to Longdo] |
| 会意 | [huì yì, ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ, 会 意 / 會 意] combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds, See also: 六書, 六书 #30,415 [Add to Longdo] |
| 笔划 | [bǐ huà, ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 笔 划 / 筆 劃] strokes of Chinese characters; number of strokes of a Chinese character (in dictionaries) #47,982 [Add to Longdo] |
| 象形 | [xiàng xíng, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, 象 形] pictogram; one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters; Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph, See also: 六書, 六书 #50,113 [Add to Longdo] |
| 楷书 | [kǎi shū, ㄎㄞˇ ㄕㄨ, 楷 书 / 楷 書] regular script (one of the calligraphic styles of Chinese characters) #52,638 [Add to Longdo] |
| 形声字 | [xíng shēng zì, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ, 形 声 字 / 形 聲 字] radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character, See also: 六書, 六书 #73,199 [Add to Longdo] |
| 转注 | [zhuǎn zhù, ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨˋ, 转 注 / 轉 註] transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character, See also: 六書, 六书 #80,606 [Add to Longdo] |
| 六书 | [liù shū, ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨ, 六 书 / 六 書] Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (radical plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借, See also: 說文, 说文, 象形, 指事, 會意, 会意, 形聲, 形声, 假借, 轉註, 转注, 六經, 六经 #94,942 [Add to Longdo] |
| 拆字 | [chāi zì, ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ, 拆 字] fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters #100,140 [Add to Longdo] |
| 形声 | [xíng shēng, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ, 形 声] radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character, See also: 六書, 六书 #108,972 [Add to Longdo] |
| 王码 | [Wáng mǎ, ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄚˇ, 王 码 / 王 碼] Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民|王永民 in 1983, See also: 五筆字型, 五笔字型, 王永民 #137,366 [Add to Longdo] |
| 方格纸 | [fāng gé zhǐ, ㄈㄤ ㄍㄜˊ ㄓˇ, 方 格 纸 / 方 格 紙] squared paper; graph paper; grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters) #182,039 [Add to Longdo] |
| 检字法 | [jiǎn zì fǎ, ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄚˇ, 检 字 法 / 檢 字 法] indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary #219,043 [Add to Longdo] |
| 简繁 | [jiǎn fán, ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄢˊ, 简 繁 / 簡 繁] simple versus traditional (Chinese characters) #972,048 [Add to Longdo] |
| 五笔 | [wǔ bǐ, ㄨˇ ㄅㄧˇ, 五 笔 / 五 筆] abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民|王永民 in 1983, See also: 五筆字型, 五笔字型, 王永民 [Add to Longdo] |
| 五笔字型 | [wǔ bǐ zì xíng, ㄨˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, 五 笔 字 型 / 五 筆 字 型] five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民|王永民 in 1983, See also: 王永民 [Add to Longdo] |
| 假借字 | [jiǎ jiè zì, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄗˋ, 假 借 字] loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan, See also: 六書, 六书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 喃字 | [nán zì, ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˋ, 喃 字] Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam) [Add to Longdo] |
| 四角号码 | [sì jiǎo hào mǎ, ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ, 四 角 号 码 / 四 角 號 碼] four corner code (input method for Chinese characters) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大麦地 | [dà mài dì, ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ, 大 麦 地 / 大 麥 地] place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 指事 | [zhǐ shì, ㄓˇ ㄕˋ, 指 事] ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character, See also: 六書, 六书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 指事字 | [zhǐ shì zì, ㄓˇ ㄕˋ ㄗˋ, 指 事 字] ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character, See also: 六書, 六书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 会意字 | [huì yì zì, ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ ㄗˋ, 会 意 字 / 會 意 字] combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds, See also: 六書, 六书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 简繁转换 | [jiǎn fán zhuǎn huàn, ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄢˋ, 简 繁 转 换 / 簡 繁 轉 換] conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 象形字 | [xiàng xíng zì, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ, 象 形 字] pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph, See also: 六書, 六书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 转注字 | [zhuǎn zhù zì, ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨˋ ㄗˋ, 转 注 字 / 轉 註 字] transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character, See also: 六書, 六书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 部首编排法 | [bù shǒu biān pái fǎ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄆㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ, 部 首 编 排 法 / 部 首 編 排 法] dictionary arrangment of Chinese characters under radicals [Add to Longdo] |
| 重文 | [chóng wén, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ, 重 文] repetitious passage; multiple variants of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 漢字 | [かんじ, kanji] (n) Chinese characters; kanji; (P) #2,970 [Add to Longdo] |
| 書道 | [しょどう, shodou] (n, adj-no) (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters) (See カリグラフィー) calligraphy; (P) #9,244 [Add to Longdo] |
| カリグラフィー | [karigurafi-] (n) (esp. calligraphy not based on Chinese characters) (See 書道) calligraphy [Add to Longdo] |
| 永字八法 | [えいじはっぽう, eijihappou] (n) the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 仮名草子 | [かなぞうし, kanazoushi] (n) story book written in kana (or in kana mixed with Chinese characters) in the early Edo period (primarily for the enlightenment and entertainment of women and children) [Add to Longdo] |
| 漢越音 | [かんえつおん, kan'etsuon] (n) Vietnamese reading (of Chinese characters) [Add to Longdo] |
| 漢音 | [かんおん, kan'on] (n) Han reading of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 漢字制限論 | [かんじせいげんろん, kanjiseigenron] (n) the question of limiting the use of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 漢字文化圏 | [かんじぶんかけん, kanjibunkaken] (n) countries which use Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 漢数字 | [かんすうじ, kansuuji] (n) Chinese characters which express numbers [Add to Longdo] |
| 呉音 | [ごおん, goon] (n) Wu-dynasty reading of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲骨文 | [こうこつぶん, koukotsubun] (n) ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and tortoise shells [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲骨文字 | [こうこつもじ, koukotsumoji] (n) (See 亀甲獣骨文字) ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces [Add to Longdo] |
| 制限漢字 | [せいげんかんじ, seigenkanji] (n) restricted Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 宋音 | [そうおん, souon] (n) T'ang reading of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 対馬音 | [つしまおん, tsushimaon] (n) Wu-dynasty reading of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 唐音 | [とうおん;とういん, touon ; touin] (n) T'ang reading of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 唐宋音 | [とうそうおん, tousouon] (n) T'ang reading of Chinese characters [Add to Longdo] |
| 万葉仮名 | [まんようがな, manyougana] (n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically [Add to Longdo] |
| 殷墟文字 | [いんきょもじ, inkyomoji] (n) (See 甲骨文字) ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces [Add to Longdo] |
