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字源

字源

Chinese

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

Noun

字源

etymology of a Chinese character

See also

詞源／词源 (cíyuán)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡ̃ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

字源 ‎(hiragana じげん, romaji jigen)

etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character
etymology of a Han character

Korean

Hanja in this term
字	源

Noun

字源 • ‎(jawon) ‎(hangeul 자원)

Hanja form^? of 자원, “etymology of a Han character”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zìyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): jī-goân / lī-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zìyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ y̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun⁴
  - Yale: jih yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-goân / lī-goân
  - Tâi-lô: jī-guân / lī-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoaan, lixgoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ guan²⁴/, /li²²⁻²¹ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ʑi⁴¹⁻²² guan²⁴/, /li⁴¹⁻²² guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ guan¹³/, /li²²⁻²¹ guan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑi³³⁻¹¹ guan²⁴/, /li³³⁻¹¹ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑi³³⁻²¹ guan²³/, /li³³⁻²¹ guan²³/