荀子

Chinese

		surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (荀子)		荀	子
simp. #(荀子)		荀	子
alternative forms		孫子／孙子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xúnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xúnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syúnzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Hsün²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Syún-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuntzyy
    • Palladius: Сюньцзы (Sjunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹ zi²
    • Yale: sēun jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Proper noun

荀子

1. Xunzi (Confucian philosopher, c. 310 – c. 235 BC, or c. 314 – c. 217 B.C.)
2. Xunzi (ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to said philosopher)

Derived terms

• 荀子學／荀子学 (Xúnzǐxué)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荀子):

• → Japanese: 荀(じゅん)子(し) (junshi)
• → Korean: 순자(荀子) (sunja)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荀	子
じゅん Hyōgai	し Grade: 1
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Etymology

Chinese 荀子 (Xúnzǐ)

Proper noun

荀(じゅん)子(し) • (Junshi) 

1. Xunzi
2. Xunzi (book)

See also

• 諸(しょ)子(し)百(ひゃっ)家(か) (Shoshi Hyakka)