永字八法

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	eight	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (永字八法)		永	字	八	法
simp. ^#(永字八法)		永	字	八	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒng zì bā fǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ zi⁶ baat³ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng zì bā fǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng zìh ba fǎ
  - Wade–Giles: yung³ tzŭ⁴ pa¹ fa³
  - Yale: yǔng dz̀ bā fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong tzyh ba faa
  - Palladius: юн цзы ба фа (jun czy ba fa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ zi⁶ baat³ faat³
  - Yale: wíhng jih baat faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ dzi⁶ baat⁸ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ ji⁶ bad³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡siː²² paːt̚³ faːt̚³/

Noun

永字八法

(calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	字	八	法
えい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
kan'on	goon	kan'on	goon

Etymology

From 永字 (eiji, “永 kanji”) +‎ 八 (hachi, “eight”) +‎ 法 (hō, “principle”).

The hō changes to pō as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えーじはっぽー [èéjí wáꜜppòò] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞ːʑi ha̠p̚po̞ː]

Noun

永(えい)字(じ)八(はっ)法(ぽう) • (eiji happō) ^{←えいじはつぱふ (eizifatupafu)^?}

(calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng
1. 側 (soku) or 点 (ten, literally “point”), the first
2. 勒 (roku), the second
3. 努 (do), the third
4. 趯 (teki) or 跳ね (hane, literally “jump”), the fourth
5. 策 (saku), the fifth
6. 掠 (ryaku) or 左払い (hidari harai, literally “left sweep”), the sixth
7. 啄 (taku), the seventh
8. 磔 (taku), 捺 (natsu), or 右払い (migi harai, literally “right sweep”), the eighth

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
永	字	八	法

Noun

永字八法 • (yeongjapalbeop) (hangeul 영자팔법)

hanja form^? of 영자팔법 (“the Eight Principles of Yǒng”)