原義

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (原義)		原	義
simp. (原义)		原	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuányì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuányì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuányì
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-i⁴
    • Yale: ywán-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanyih
    • Palladius: юаньи (juanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 原意 園藝 / 园艺

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ ji⁶
    • Yale: yùhn yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jiː²²/

Noun

原義

1. original meaning (of a word or phrase); primary meaning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	義
げん Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんぎ [géꜜǹgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) げんぎ [gèńgíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋʲɡʲi]

Noun

原(げん)義(ぎ) • (gengi) ^{←げんぎ (gengi)?}

1. original meaning (of a word or phrase); primary meaning

Synonyms

• 原意(げんい) (gen'i)
• 本義(ほんぎ) (hongi)

References

• “原義”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026