書法

See also: 书法

Chinese

		to write	law; method; way
trad. (書法)		書	法
simp. (书法)		书	法
anagram		法書／法书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu¹ faat³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): si¹ fat²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-fap
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-hoat / chir-hoat / sir-hoat / si-hoat
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-faq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shufǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-fa³
    • Yale: shū-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufaa
    • Palladius: шуфа (šufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syu¹ faat³
    • Yale: syū faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 抒發／抒发 書法／书法

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: si¹ fat²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³ fat̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ fab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ fap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: su-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'hoad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-huat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ huat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: sir-huat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ huat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: si-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'hoad
    • IPA (Yilan): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-faq
    • MiniDict: sy^平 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ faʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syo pjop

Rime
Character	書	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	乏 (148)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	傷魚切	方乏切
Baxter	syo	pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌ/	/pɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔ/	/piɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔ/	/piɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆/	/puap̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔ/	/piɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭo/	/pĭwɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wo/	/pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu1	faat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ta  [p.k]ap/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlja  pqab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	書	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	fǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ syo ›	‹ pjop ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ta/	/*[p.k]ap/
English	write	model, law
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	書	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17013	2867
Phonetic component	者	法
Rime group	魚	盍
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	書	法
Old Chinese	/*hlja/	/*pqab/
Notes		說文灋省文

Noun

書法

1. calligraphy (as writing, and as art)
2. (Classical) principle of writing historical text

   • 董狐，古之良史也，書法不隱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     董狐，古之良史也，书法不隐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Dǒng Hú, gǔ zhī liáng shǐ yě, shūfǎ bù yǐn. [Pinyin]

     Dong Hu was a good historiographer of old time:—his rule for writing was not to conceal.

Synonyms

• (calligraphy):

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• 書契／书契 (shūqì) (archaic)
• 書藝／书艺 (shūyì) (archaic, Korean calligraphy)
• 書道／书道 (shūdào) (Japanese calligraphy)

 

Derived terms

• 書法家／书法家 (shūfǎjiā)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	法
しょ Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょほー [shòhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しょほー [shóꜜhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ho̞ː]

Noun

書(しょ)法(ほう) • (shohō) ^{←しょはう (syofau)?}

1. calligraphy (manner of penmanship)
2. writing of; way of writing; manner of writing

   四声部(しせいぶ)書法(しょほう)

   shi-seibu shohō

   4-part writing [in music]

See also

• 書道(しょどう) (shodō)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
書	法

Noun

書法 • (seobeop) (hangeul 서법)

1. hanja form^? of 서법 (“calligraphy”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
書	法

Noun

書法

1. chữ Hán form of thư pháp (“calligraphy”).