Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

取古文篆籀逕省之形

English translation:

both font style and pronunciation taken from the ancient Chinese Seal Scripts

Added to glossary by Jennifer Li (X)
Dec 4, 2006 11:54
17 yrs ago
Chinese term

取古文篆籀逕省之形

Chinese to English Art/Literary Linguistics
source text:
注音符號是民國開國儒師章炳麟「取古文篆籀逕省之形」原則,即摘選大、小篆書的偏旁部首的形與音而創出...

I am not very sure about my translation so hope could get some ideas from you. Thank you in advance.

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both font style and pronunciation taken from the ancient Chinese Seal Scripts

the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols (also known as Guoyu zhuyin fuhao 國語注音符號 or Bo-po-mo-fo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) 有二式:MPSI MPSII

1.国语注音符号(原名注音字母)ㄅㄆㄇㄈ,系民国七年教育部所公布,共计三十九个字母,后来又将ㄛ分为ㄛ、ㄜ两字母,遂为四十个。其中声母二十四个,韵母十六个。民国十九年改名为「注音符号」。 2.此套符号系依章炳麟拟订之「取古文篆籀迳省之形」

大篆 dà zhuàn or Greater Seal Script. 小篆 xiǎo zhuàn or Lesser Seal Script.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Ray, pkchan and song, so much for the translation. :))"
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It took from the pronunciation and part of the two ancient Chinese seal characters

just a trial

for fun
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adopt the simplified form of the classical Chinese seal script style characters

取古文篆籀逕省之形=adopt the simplified form of the classical Chinese seal script style characters
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