篆刻

Chinese

		seal characters	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
trad. (篆刻)		篆	刻
simp. ^#(篆刻)		篆	刻
Literally: “to carve seal script”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuànkè

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁶ hak¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhon-khat

(Hailu, HRS): chon^ˇ kad
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoàn-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuànkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuànkè
  - Wade–Giles: chuan⁴-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: jwàn-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juannkeh
  - Palladius: чжуанькэ (čžuanʹkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁶ hak¹
  - Yale: syuhn hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁶ hak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁶ heg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²² hɐk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhon-khat
  - Hakka Romanization System: con kad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: con⁴ kad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon⁵⁵ kʰat̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chon^ˇ kad
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰon¹¹ kʰat⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoàn-khek
  - Tâi-lô: thuàn-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toarnqeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Verb

篆刻

to cut a pattern into the bottom face of a seal

Noun

篆刻

seal cutting; seal carving; seal engraving
明朝和清朝是篆刻藝術的兩段黃金時期。 [MSC, trad.]
明朝和清朝是篆刻艺术的两段黄金时期。 [MSC, simp.]
Míngcháo hé Qīngcháo shì zhuànkè yìshù de liǎng duàn huángjīnshíqī. [Pinyin]
The Ming and Qing dynasties were golden periods for the art of seal cutting.
carved seal