音符

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	mark; sign; talisman mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
trad. (音符)		音	符
simp. #(音符)		音	符

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ fu⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing¹ hu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-hû
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-vu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinfú
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-fu²
    • Yale: yīn-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: infwu
    • Palladius: иньфу (inʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnfúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinfúr
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-fu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yīn-fúr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: infwul
    • Palladius: иньфур (inʹfur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ fuɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ fu⁴
    • Yale: yām fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ fuː²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹ hu² [Phonetic: ing⁵ hu²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ing-hú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ hu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹ hu² [Phonetic: ing⁵ hu²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ hu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-hû
    • Tâi-lô: im-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imhuu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² hu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ hu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² hu¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-vu
    • MiniDict: in^平 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ vu²¹/

Noun

音符

1. (music) musical note
   • 2003, “這一生最美的祝福 [The Gift of Knowing You]”, 李信儀 [Jessica Lee] (lyrics), 游智婷 [Sandy Yu] (music), performed by 讚美之泉 [Stream of Praise]:

     在我的歌聲裡，我用音符讚美祢，祢的美好是我今生頌揚的。 [MSC, trad.]
     在我的歌声里，我用音符赞美祢，祢的美好是我今生颂扬的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zài wǒ de gēshēng lǐ, wǒ yòng yīnfú zànměi mí, mí de měihǎo shì wǒ jīnshēng sòngyáng de. [Pinyin]

     I lift my voice in praise, I will love You with my life, for Your beauty and Your goodness never end. [Official English translation]
     In my singing voice, I praise You with musical notes. Your goodness is what I extol in this life. [Literal English translation]

Synonyms

• 豆豉 (dòuchǐ), 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu), 芽菜 (yácài)

Derived terms

• 三十二分音符 (sānshí'èrfēn yīnfú)
• 二分音符 (èrfēn yīnfú)
• 全音符 (quányīnfú)
• 八分音符 (bāfēn yīnfú)
• 十六分音符 (shíliùfēn yīnfú)
• 四分音符 (sìfēn yīnfú)
• 附點音符 / 附点音符 (fùdiǎnyīnfú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (音符):

• → Japanese: 音符(おんぷ) (onpu)
• → Korean: 음부(音符) (eumbu)
• → Vietnamese: âm phù (音符)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	符
おん Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [õ̞mpɯ̟]

Noun

音(おん)符(ぷ) • (onpu) 

1. (music) musical note
2. phonetic component of a Chinese character

Related terms

• 意符(いふ) (ifu)

Proper noun

音(おん)符(ぷ) • (Onpu) 

1. a female given name

References

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