顏文字

Chinese

		colour; countenance; face	written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters
trad. (顏文字)		顏	文字
simp. (颜文字)		颜	文字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánwénzì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ man⁴ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánwénzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánwúnzìh
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-wên²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: yán-wén-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanwentzyh
  - Palladius: яньвэньцзы (janʹvɛnʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁴ man⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: ngàahn màhn jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ man⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ men⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/

Noun

顏文字

kaomoji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顏	文	字
かお Hyōgai	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 顏文字 – see the following entry.

【顔文字かおもじ】

[noun] an emoticon

(This term, 顏文字, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)