永字八法

永字八法

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	字	八	法
えい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 永字八法

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) えーじは​っぽー [èéjí wáꜜppòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞ːʑi ha̠p̚po̞ː]

Noun

永字八法 (hiragana えいじはっぽう, rōmaji eiji happō, historical hiragana えいじはつぱふ)

1. the Eight Principles of Yong

Hyponyms

• 側 (そく) (soku, “the first of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 勒 (ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努 (ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯 (てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策 (さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 掠 (りゃく) (ryaku, “the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄 (たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔 (たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
永	字	八	法

Noun

永字八法 • (yeongjapalbeop) (hangeul 영자팔법)

1. Hanja form^? of 영자팔법 (“the Eight Principles of Yong”).