永字八法

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	eight	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (永字八法)		永	字	八	法
simp. #(永字八法)		永	字	八	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng zì bā fǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ zi⁶ baat³ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng zì bā fǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng zìh ba fǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yung³ tzŭ⁴ pa¹ fa³
    • Yale: yǔng dz̀ bā fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong tzyh ba faa
    • Palladius: юн цзы ба фа (jun czy ba fa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ zi⁶ baat³ faat³
    • Yale: wíhng jih baat faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ dzi⁶ baat⁸ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ ji⁶ bad³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡siː²² paːt̚³ faːt̚³/

Noun

永字八法

The Eight Principles of Yǒng in Chinese

1. (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	字	八	法
えい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
kan’on	goon	kan’on	goon

永字八法 (eiji happō): a demonstration of the Eight Principles of Yǒng with all eight strokes.

Etymology

From 永字 (eiji, “永 kanji”) +‎ 八 (hachi, “eight”) +‎ 法 (hō, “principle”).

The hō changes to pō as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーじは​っぽー [èéjí wáꜜppòò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːʑi ha̠p̚po̞ː]

Noun

永(えい)字(じ)八(はっ)法(ぽう) • (eiji happō) ^{←えいじはつぱふ (eizifatupafu)?}

1. (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng
   1. 側 (soku) or 点 (ten, literally “point”), the first
   2. 勒 (roku), the second
   3. 努 (do), the third
   4. 趯 (teki) or 跳ね (hane, literally “jump”), the fourth
   5. 策 (saku), the fifth
   6. 掠 (ryaku) or 左払い (hidari harai, literally “left sweep”), the sixth
   7. 啄 (taku), the seventh
   8. 磔 (taku), 捺 (natsu), or 右払い (migi harai, literally “right sweep”), the eighth

Korean

Hanja in this term
永	字	八	法

Noun

永字八法 • (yeongjapalbeop) (hangeul 영자팔법)

1. Hanja form^? of 영자팔법 (“the Eight Principles of Yǒng”).