字源

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (字源)		字	源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī-goân / lī-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyuán
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: dz̀-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyuan
  - Palladius: цзыюань (czyjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun⁴
  - Yale: jih yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-goân
  - Tâi-lô: jī-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-goân
  - Tâi-lô: lī-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixgoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/

Noun

字源

etymology of a Chinese character

See also

詞源／词源 (cíyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	源
じ Grade: 1	げん Grade: 6
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じげん [jìgéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

字(じ)源(げん) • (jigen) ^{←じげん (zigen)^?}

etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character
etymology of a Han character

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
字	源

Noun

字源 • (jawon) (hangeul 자원)

hanja form^? of 자원 (“etymology of a Han character”)