pronunciation and meaning; philological commentary
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
pronunciation and meaning (of a character or word)
Used in philology, lexicography, and classical Chinese studies to refer to both the sound and semantic content of a graph.
When studying Classical Chinese, one must master the pronunciation and meaning of every character.
This dictionary provides detailed textual research on the pronunciation and meaning of rare characters.
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The integration of sound and meaning is an important characteristic of Chinese characters.
noun
philological commentary (on pronunciation and meaning); glossary (often used in book titles)
archaicRefers to a specific genre of classical Chinese scholarship, particularly from the Han to Tang dynasties, where scholars annotated the pronunciation (using fanqie 反切) and meaning of words in canonical texts.
Máo Shī Yīn Yì is an important philological work written by Lu Deming of the Tang Dynasty.
Ancient works of the yīnyì genre are of immense value for studying the history of Chinese phonology.
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This philological commentary uses the fǎnqiè method to mark pronunciations.