頭文字

See also: 头文字

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
trad. (頭文字)		頭	文字
simp. (头文字)		头	文字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuwénzì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ man⁴ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóuwénzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóuwúnzìh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-wên²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: tóu-wén-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourwentzyh
  - Palladius: тоувэньцзы (touvɛnʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ man⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: tàuh màhn jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ man⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ men⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

頭文字

first letter or initial of a word

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭	文	字
かしら Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
irregular

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕiɾa̠mo̞ʑi]

Noun

頭(かしら)文(も)字(じ) • (kashiramoji)

first letter or initial of a word or initials of words
capital letter (in Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian scripts)

Synonyms

(initial): イニシャル (inisharu)
(capital letter): キャピタル (kyapitaru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
頭	文	字

Noun

頭文字 • (dumunja) (hangeul 두문자)

hanja form^? of 두문자 (“first letter or initial of a word or initials of words; capital letter (in Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian scripts)”)