日書

See also: 日书

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	book; letter
trad. (日書)		日	書
simp. (日书)		日	书

Etymology

Learned adaptation from the original indices found on such texts, such as the Shuihudi manuscript (Li, 2008).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄕㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhshu
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: r̀-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhshu
    • Palladius: жишу (žišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/

Noun

日書

1. (archaeology, historiography) chronomancy calendar (ancient Chinese calendar centred around the fortunes and taboos of specific dates)

Related terms

• 日者 (rìzhě)