象形文字

Chinese

		pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters.	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
trad. (象形文字)		象形	文字
simp. #(象形文字)		象形	文字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngxíng wénzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jing⁴ man⁴ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngxíng wénzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngsíng wúnzìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-hsing² wên²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: syàng-syíng wén-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyng wentzyh
    • Palladius: сянсин вэньцзы (sjansin vɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ wən³⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jing⁴ man⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: jeuhng yìhng màhn jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jing⁴ man⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ ying⁴ men⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

象形文字

1. hieroglyph, pictograph

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	形	文	字
しょう Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2	も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
irregular

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーけーも​じ [shòókéémóꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːke̞ːmo̞ʑi]

Noun

象(しょう)形(けい)文(も)字(じ) • (shōkei moji) 

1. hieroglyph, pictograph