方陣

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	disposition of troops; short period; wave disposition of troops; short period; wave; spate; burst; spell
trad. (方陣)		方	陣
simp. (方阵)		方	阵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāngzhèn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄓㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāngzhèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄓㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fangjhèn
  - Wade–Giles: fang¹-chên⁴
  - Yale: fāng-jèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangjenn
  - Palladius: фанчжэнь (fančžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ zan⁶
  - Yale: fōng jahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ zen⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐn²²/

Noun

方陣

(military) phalanx
(mathematics) square matrix

Japanese

Kanji in this term
方	陣
ほう Grade: 2	じん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーじん [hòójíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

方(ほう)陣(じん) • (hōjin) ^{←はうぢん (faudin)^?}

(military) phalanx
(mathematics) magic square

Synonyms

(magic square): 魔方陣(まほうじん) (mahōjin, “(mathematics) magic square”)

Derived terms

完全方陣(かんぜんほうじん) (kanzen hōjin, “panmagic square”)
ラテン方陣(ほうじん) (Raten hōjin, “Latin square”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN