篆刻

Chinese

		seal characters	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
trad. (篆刻)		篆	刻
simp. #(篆刻)		篆	刻
Literally: “to carve seal script”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuànkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁶ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuànkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuànkè
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: jwàn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juannkeh
    • Palladius: чжуанькэ (čžuanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁶ hak¹
    • Yale: syuhn hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁶ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁶ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²² hɐk̚⁵/

Verb

篆刻

1. to cut a pattern into the bottom face of a seal

Noun

篆刻

1. seal cutting; seal carving; seal engraving

   明朝和清朝是篆刻藝術的兩段黃金時期。 [MSC, trad.]
   明朝和清朝是篆刻艺术的两段黄金时期。 [MSC, simp.]

   Míngcháo hé Qīngcháo shì zhuànkè yìshù de liǎng duàn huángjīnshíqī. [Pinyin]

   The Ming and Qing dynasties were golden periods for the art of seal cutting.

2. carved seal