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永字八法

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Chinese

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forever; always; perpetual(ly)
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 
eight
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
trad. (永字八法)
simp. #(永字八法)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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永字八法

The Eight Principles of Yǒng in Chinese
  1. (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng


Japanese

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Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
はち > はっ
Grade: 1
ほう > ぽう
Grade: 4
kan'on goon kan'on goon
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永字八法 (eiji happō): a demonstration of the Eight Principles of Yǒng with all eight strokes.

Etymology

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From 永字 (eiji, kanji) +‎ (hachi, eight) +‎ (, principle).

The changes to as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えい)()(はっ)(ぽう) (eiji happōえいじはつぱふ (eizifatupafu)?

  1. (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng
    1. (soku) or (ten, literally point), the first
    2. (roku), the second
    3. (do), the third
    4. (teki) or 跳ね (hane, literally jump), the fourth
    5. (saku), the fifth
    6. (ryaku) or 払い (hidari harai, literally left sweep), the sixth
    7. (taku), the seventh
    8. (taku), (natsu), or 払い (migi harai, literally right sweep), the eighth

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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永字八法 (yeongjapalbeop) (hangeul 영자팔법)

  1. hanja form? of 영자팔법 (the Eight Principles of Yǒng)