繪文字

See also: 表情符號

Chinese

		to draw; to paint	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
trad. (繪文字)		繪	文字
simp. (绘文字)		绘	文字

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìwénzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² man⁴ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìwénzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèiwúnzìh
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-wên²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: hwèi-wén-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueywentzyh
    • Palladius: хуэйвэньцзы (xuejvɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui² man⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: kúi màhn jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui² man⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui² men⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

繪文字

1. emoji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繪	文	字
え Hyōgai	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 繪文字 – see the following entry.

【絵文字えもじ】 [noun] pictograph [noun] emoji: emoticons that originated in Japanese telephony

(This term, 繪文字, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
繪	文	字

Noun

繪文字 • (hoemunja) (hangeul 회문자)

1. hanja form^? of 회문자 (“emoji, pictograph”)