古文字

古文字

Chinese

		ancient; old	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
simp. and trad. (古文字)		古	文字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔwénzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² man⁴ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔwénzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwentzyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² man⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: gú màhn jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² man⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² men⁴ ji⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

古文字

1. ancient script
2. pre-Qin script, such as jinwen or jiaguwen

Derived terms

古文字學／古文字学 (gǔwénzìxué)

See also

• 考釋／考释 (kǎoshì)