勘亭流

Chinese

		to investigate; to survey; to collate	pavilion	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (勘亭流)		勘	亭	流
simp. #(勘亭流)		勘	亭	流

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 勘亭流.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāntíngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham¹ ting⁴ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāntíngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kantínglióu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-tʻing²-liu²
    • Yale: kān-tíng-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kantyngliou
    • Palladius: каньтинлю (kanʹtinlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham¹ ting⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: hām tìhng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham¹ ting⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem¹ ting⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

Noun

勘亭流

1. (callligraphy and typography) Kantei-ryū

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勘	亭	流
かん Grade: S	てい Grade: S	りゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんてーりゅう [kàńtééryúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nte̞ːɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

勘(かん)亭(てい)流(りゅう) • (Kantei-ryū) 

1. (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