字源

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (字源)		字	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī-goân / lī-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: dz̀-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyuan
    • Palladius: цзыюань (czyjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: jih yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-goân
    • Tâi-lô: jī-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-goân
    • Tâi-lô: lī-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixgoaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 字源

1. etymology of a Chinese character

See also

• 詞源／词源 (cíyuán)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	源
じ Grade: 1	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

字(じ)源(げん) • (jigen) 

1. etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character
2. etymology of a Han character

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Korean

Hanja in this term
字	源

Noun

字源 • (jawon) (hangeul 자원)

1. Hanja form^? of 자원 (“etymology of a Han character”).