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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔwénzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔwúnzìh
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-wên²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-wén-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwentzyh
    • Palladius: гувэньцзы (guvɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² man⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: gú màhn jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² man⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² men⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

古文字

1. (writing, palaeography) ancient script
2. (writing, palaeography) pre-Qin script, such as jinwen or jiaguwen

Synonyms

• (ancient script): 古文 (gǔwén)

Derived terms

• 古文字學 / 古文字学 (gǔwénzìxué)

 

See also

• 考釋／考释 (kǎoshì)