自繇

自繇

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	cause; means; interpretations of the trigrams cause; means; interpretations of the trigrams; folk-song; forced labor
simp. and trad. (自繇)		自	繇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zìyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyáo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

自繇

1. # (lit.) Same as 自由.
2. Term meaning "liberty" (as opposite to "freedom", coined by Yan Fu.

   由繇二字，古相通假，今此译遇自繇字，皆作自繇。不作自由者，非以为古也。视其字依两文规例，本一系名，非虚乃实，写为自繇。欲略示区别而已。