Meaning of 韵目
韵目 means the representative character used to label a rhyme category in traditional rhyme dictionaries. Pronounced yùn mù.
- the representative character used to label a rhyme category in traditional rhyme dictionaries
Definitions & Examples
《
Píng平
shuǐ水
yùn韵
》
de的
shàng上
píng平
shēng声
gòng共
yǒu有
shí十
wǔ五
gè个
yùn韵
mù目
。
The Ping Shui Rhyme has fifteen rhyme categories in the upper level tone.
Shī诗
rén人
chuàng创
zuò作
gé格
lǜ律
shī诗
shí时
bì必
xū须
yī依
zhào照
yùn韵
bù部
，
xuǎn选
yòng用
tóng同
yī一
yùn韵
mù目
xià下
de的
zì字
lái来
yā押
yùn韵
。
When composing regulated verse, poets must follow the rhyme categories and select characters from the same rhyme header to rhyme.
Zài在
chuán传
tǒng统
yùn韵
shū书
zhōng中
，
'
dōng东
'
zì字
shì是
yī一
dōng东
yùn韵
de的
yùn韵
mù目
。
In traditional rhyme books, the character 'dong' is the rhyme header for the first 'dong' rhyme category.