Japanese Word Entry
方言漢字Simplified Japanese form: 方言漢字
| Kana: | ほうげんかんじ |
| Romaji: | hougenkanji |
| Definition: | dialectal kanji, kanji only used in a specific region |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 方 | direction, person, alternative, a square, rectangle, a region, local |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄤ (fāng), ㄈㄤˊ (fáng), ㄈㄤˇ (fǎng), ㄆㄤˊ (páng), ㄨㄤˇ (wǎng), ㄈㄥ (fēng) |
| Cantonese: | fong1 |
| Japanese: | ホウ (hou) / かた (kata)、 -かた (-kata)、 -がた (-gata)、 ならべる (naraberu)、 くらべる (kuraberu) |
| Korean: | 방 (bang) |
| Vietnamese: | phương |
| 言 | say, word, words, speech, speak, Kangxi radical 149 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄢˊ (yán), ㄧㄢˋ (yàn), ㄧㄣˊ (yín) |
| Cantonese: | jin4 |
| Japanese: | ゲン (gen)、 ゴン (gon)、 ギン (gin) / い.う (iu)、 こと (koto)、 ことば (kotoba) |
| Korean: | 언 (eon) |
| Vietnamese: | ngôn, ngân |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 訁 |
| 漢 | Sino-, China, the Chinese people, Chinese language |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄢˋ (hàn), ㄊㄢ (tān) |
| Cantonese: | hon3 |
| Japanese: | カン (kan) / から (kara) |
| Korean: | 한 (han) |
| Vietnamese: | hán |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 汉 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 漢 |
| 字 | character, letter, word, section of village |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄗˋ (zì) |
| Cantonese: | zi6 |
| Japanese: | ジ (ji) / あざ (aza)、 あざな (azana)、 -な (-na)、 うむ (umu)、 ます (masu) |
| Korean: | 자 (ja) |
| Vietnamese: | tự |