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

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• 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

1. 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) 

1. first letter or initial of a word or initials of words
2. 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)

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