韻目

Chinese

rhyme
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
 
trad. (韻目)
simp. (韵目)

Pronunciation


Noun

韻目

  1. rhyme entry
    韻目韵目  ―  yùnmù dài rì  ―  to represent dates using rhyme entries, a method used in China from the 1880s to the early 1950s, where each day of the month (except 31st) was represented by a single character corresponding to the table below, in order to save on the cost when sending telegrams