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古文字

古文字

Chinese

		Classical Chinese	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (古文字)		古文	字

Noun

古文字

ancient script
pre-Qin script, such as jinwen or jiaguwen

Derived terms

古文字學／古文字学 (gǔwénzìxué)

See also

考釋／考释 (kǎoshì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gǔwénzì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² man⁴ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǔwénzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwentzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² man⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: gú màhn jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² man⁴ dzi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/