行列
Chinese
to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional | to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series | ||
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trad. (行列) | 行 | 列 | |
simp. #(行列) | 行 | 列 |
Pronunciation
Noun
行列
- row or column
- ranks; procession; rows
- 加入他們的行列/加入他们的行列 ― jiārù tāmen de hángliè ― to join them
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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行 | 列 |
ぎょう Grade: 2 | れつ Grade: 3 |
goon | kan’on |
Etymology
From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 行列 (MC ɦˠæŋ liᴇt̚). First attested in Japanese in 749.[1]
The date of the mathematical sense is uncertain. Matrices for calculation were long known in Chinese mathematics, and were used to solve systems of linear equations in the work 九章算術 (“The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art”), compiled from the 10th through the 2nd centuries BCE. The component terms 行 and 列 are both used in that text, but not in the particular combination of 行列 (see also Wikisource). The first Japanese work on this aspect of mathematics was a 1683 text by 関孝和 (Seki Takakazu), but it is not yet clear if this text includes the term 行列 (gyōretsu) with the sense of matrix.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ぎょーれつ [gyòórétsú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
- IPA(key): [ɡʲo̞ːɾe̞t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
行列 • (gyōretsu) ←ぎやうれつ (gyauretu)?
- [from 1870s] a line or queue, a procession in single file
- [from 749] a ceremonial procession
- Synonym: 鹵簿 (robo)
- [date uncertain] (mathematics) a matrix
Verb
行列する • (gyōretsu suru) ←ぎやうれつ (gyauretu)? suru (stem 行列し (gyōretsu shi), past 行列した (gyōretsu shita))
- [from 1870s] to form a line, to proceed in single file
References
- “行列”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.