名状

See also: 名狀

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 名状 – see 名狀 (“to give an account in words; to report; to account; to describe”). (This term is the simplified form of 名狀).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	状
めい Grade: 1	じょう Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
名狀 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーじょー [mèéjóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

名(めい)状(じょう) • (meijō) ^{←めいじやう (meizyau)?}

1. giving an account in the words; report, account, describe
   • 1683-1705, Itō Jinsai, Gomōjigi (語孟字義):

     物(モノ)之(ノ)大(ダイ)小(セウ)多(タ)寡(クワ)、紛(フン)々(プン)藉(セキ)々(セキニシテ)、不(ズ)_㆑可(ベカラ)_㆓名(メイ)状(ジヤウス)_㆒

     mono no daishō taka, funpun sekiseki ni shite, meijō subekarazu

     Size and quantity of the things, they are mixed and confusing, and indefinable.

2. (literally, rare) name and shape

Derived terms

• 名(めい)状(じょう)し難(がた)い (meijō shigatai)