文字
Chinese
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | letter; symbol; character; word | ||
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simp. and trad. (文字) | 文 | 字 |
Pronunciation
Noun
文字
- written symbols; writing; script; text; characters (Classifier: 種/种; 個/个)
- writing style wording; language (Classifier: 種/种; 個/个)
Synonyms
- (writing): 筆墨/笔墨 (bǐmò), 翰墨 (hànmò)
Derived terms
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See also
- 書寫系統/书写系统 (shūxiě xìtǒng)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 字 |
もん Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 1 |
goon |
From Middle Chinese 文字 (MC mɨun d͡zɨH, literally “writing + character”). Compare modern Cantonese reading man4 zi6.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) もんじ [móꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]
Noun
文字 (hiragana もんじ, rōmaji monji)
- a letter, a character (symbol for a sound or a word)
- (linguistics) script, writing system
- (specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana
- writing in general, written words
- (by extension from the “writing” sense) a document
- (by extension from the “writing” sense) reading and writing
- (by extension from the “writing” sense) studies
Usage notes
This reading is less common than moji below.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 字 |
もん > も Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 1 |
Irregular | goon |
/mond͡ʑi/ → /mod͡ʑi/
Sound shift from monji above.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) もじ [móꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][1][4]
- IPA(key): [mo̞ʑi]
Noun
文字 (hiragana もじ, rōmaji moji)
- a letter or character (symbol for a sound or a word)
- (linguistics) script, writing system
- (specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana
- writing in general, written words
- (by extension from the “writing” sense) a document
- (by extension from the “writing” sense) reading and writing
- (by extension from the “writing” sense) studies
- (chiefly Kansai) the tails side of a coin, the side with writing on it
- (chiefly Kansai, by extension) a coin, money
Usage notes
This reading is more common than monji above.
The tails and coin, money senses are specific to this moji reading.[3]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 顔文字 (kaomoji): smiley
- 絵文字 (emoji): emoticon
- 大文字 (ōmoji): uppercase letter
- 小文字 (komoji): lowercase letter
- キリル文字 (kiriru moji): Cyrillic letter
- 文字通り (mojidōri): literal, literally
- 文字化け (mojibake): corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding, e.g.,
•¶Žš‰»‚¯
, which is a corruption of 文字化け
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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文 | 字 |
Noun
文字 • (munja) (hangeul 문자)
- Hanja form? of 문자 (“letter”).
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word | |
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文 | 字 |
Noun
文字
- Hán tự form of văn tự (“writing system, script”).