繪文字

See also: 表情符號

Chinese

		to draw; to paint	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
trad. (繪文字)		繪	文字
simp. (绘文字)		绘	文字

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìwénzì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² man⁴ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìwénzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèiwúnzìh
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-wên²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: hwèi-wén-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueywentzyh
  - Palladius: хуэйвэньцзы (xuejvɛnʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kui² man⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: kúi màhn jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kui² man⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kui² men⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

繪文字

emoji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繪	文	字
え Hyōgai	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi	irregular	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 繪文字 – see the following entry.

【絵文字えもじ】

[noun] pictograph

[noun] emoji: emoticons that originated in Japanese telephony

(This term, 繪文字, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
繪	文	字

Noun

繪文字 • (hoemunja) (hangeul 회문자)

hanja form^? of 회문자 (“emoji, pictograph”)