Character Glossary

aikoku taipisuto 愛国タイピスト patriotic Japanese typist
baihua 白話 vernacular language
baoleishi 堡壘式 fortress style
ba zi shi 八字式 “eight”-character-style character rack
bianyi zipan 貶義字盤 negative connotation terms tray
biaozhun heng zhi shi Zhong Ri wen daziji 標準橫直式中日文打字機 Standard Horizontal-Vertical-style Chinese-Japanese typewriter
biaozhun shi Huawen daziji 標準式華文打字機 Standard-style Chinese typewriter
bihua 筆畫 stroke
bimu moxi 閉目默習 blind (typing) practice
Bi Sheng 畢生
bi shi yu dian er cheng hua 必始於點而成畫 “must begin as a point before becoming a stroke”
bitan 筆談 brushtalk
bushou 部首 radical/classifier
chan to produce/production
Chen Lifu 陳立夫
chinmun 真文 truth script
chokugo 勅語 imperial rescript
chongfuzi shi 重複字式 repeating character style
cunzai 存在 to exist
dao way
Da Qing lüli 大清律例 Great Qing Legal Code
dayin 打印 to print out
dayinben 打印本 typed and mimeographed edition
daziji 打字機 typewriter
dazinü 打字女 typewriter girl
dazi rencai 打字人才 typing talent
dazi tengxieshe 打字謄寫社 type-and-copy shop
daziyuan 打字員 typist
dengdeng 等等 et cetera
denshin jigō 電信字号 telegraph signals
dian dot/point
dianbao 電報 telegram
dianma 電碼 telegraph code
diannao 電腦 computer
dianxin 電信 telegraphy
dianxin zhuquan 電信主權 telegraph sovereignty
dingzhen xuxian 顶针续线 thimble linking
Dishu 地书 Book from the Ground
dōbun dōshū 同文同種 same script, same race
Dongfang tushuguan 東方圖書館 Oriental Library
douzheng 鬥爭 struggle
Du Dingyou 杜定友
duli 獨立 independent
erji mofan 二級模範 second-level model (worker)
fada 發達 to develop
faming 發明 to invent/invention
fangshexing 放射性 radiating style
fuci fangshe zituan 複詞放射字團 radiating compounds
gada gada gada 嘎哒嘎哒嘎哒 onomatopoeia describing sound of Chinese typewriter
gao high
geming 革命 revolution
genben fangfa 根本方法 fundamental method
genju 根據 according to
gexin 革新 to reform/reformed, to innovate/innovation
gong public
gongji 攻擊 to attack
gou hook
guangde Huawen dazi buxi xueshe 廣德華文打字補習學社 Guangde Chinese Typing Supplementary School
guibing bushou fa 歸併部首法 Merged Radicals Method
guo country
Guoyu 國語 national language
guoyu yuekan 國語月刊 National Language Monthly
hanzi jianfa 漢字檢法 Chinese Character Retrieval Method
hanzi jianzi he paidie fa 漢字檢字和拍疊法 Chinese Character Retrieval and Stacking Method
hanzi paizi fa 漢字排字法 Chinese Character Arrangement Method
hanzi suoyin zhi 漢字索引制 Index System for Chinese Characters
hanzi wu zui 漢字無罪 Chinese characters are innocent
hanzi xingwei jianzifa 漢字型位檢字法 Shape-Position Retrieval System for Chinese Characters
haoma jianzifa 號碼檢字法 Numerical Retrieval System
hezuoshe 合作社 cooperative
Hiraga Gennai 平賀源内
hitsudan 筆談 brushtalk
hōbun taipisuto kyōkai 邦文タイピスト協会 Japanese Typist Association
hōbun taipuraitā tokuhon 邦文タイプライター讀本 Japanese Typewriter Textbook
hongxing daziji chang 紅星打字機廠 Red Star Typewriter Factory
Hua Mei dazi zhuanxiao 華美打字轉校 Chinese-American Typing Institute
huangdi yong zhi gongwen 皇帝用之公文 clerical documents for use by the emperor
Huanqiu Huawen daziji zhizaochang 環球華文打字機製造廠 Huanqiu Chinese Typewriter Manufacturing Company
Huawen daziji 華文打字機 Chinese typewriter
Hui shi Hua-Ying wen dazi zhuanxiao 惠氏華英打字專校 Mr. Hui’s Chinese-English Typing Institute
Hu Shi 胡適
iroha いろは Phonetic system for organizing Japanese kanji
jian to construct/construction
jiancha zi fa 檢查字法 character retrieval method
Jianzhaoshi Huawen daziji 菅沼式華文打字機 Suganuma-style Chinese typewriter
jianzifa wenti 檢字法問題 character retrieval problem
jiaoyu 教育 education
jiatian quezi 加添缺字 to add missing characters
jiefangjun 解放軍 People’s Liberation Army
jiguang dayinji 激光打印機 laser printer
jihua 計畫 plan
jilu 記錄 record
jingyan 經驗 experience
Jin Jian 金簡
jituanshi 集團式 association style
jōyō kanji hyō 常用漢字表 List of Characters for General Use
jue to decide
kaku yubi no bundan 各指の分担 allocation [of keys] to each finger
kang Mei yuan Chao 抗美援朝 Resist America, Aid Korea
Kangxi zidian 康熙字典 Kangxi Dictionary
kanji seigen o teishō su 漢字制限を提唱す Advocating the Restriction of the Number of Kanji
Keimōsha 啓蒙社
kexingde 可行的 feasible
laodong 勞動 labor
lianchuan 連串 series/chain
lianchuanzi zipan 連串字字盤 connected character tray bed
liang amount/quantity
liansuoxing 連鎖性 chainlink style
lianxi fenzhi 練習分指 practicing fingerwork
lianyu zipan 聯語字盤 connected language tray bed
Lin Taiyi 林太乙
Lin Yutang 林語堂
Li Zhaofeng 李兆丰
Mainichi hiragana shinbun 毎日ひらがな新聞 Daily Hiragana News
Mao zhuxi 毛主席 Chairman Mao
Ma Shoujian 馬守劍
Meidi 美帝 American imperialist
mianji 面積 surface area
min the people
Mingji daziji hang 銘記打字機行 Ming Kee Typewriter Company
minzu 民族 nationality/ethnic group
minzu shibie 民族識別 Ethnic Classification
mobi jianzifa 末筆檢字法 Last-Stroke Character Retrieval Method
moji no oshie 文字の教え The Teaching of Words
mumi wuse 目迷五色 bewildered
Nipponshiki 日本式 Japanese-style
nongye 農業 agriculture
nüdaziyuan 女打字員 female typist/typewriter girl
pildam 筆談 brushtalk
pohuai 破壞 to destroy
qiangji mosuo 強記摸索 rote memorization and groping around
Qian Xuantong 錢玄同
Qian zi jing 千字經 Thousand Character Classic
qinlüe 侵略 to invade
Qi Xuan 祁暄
ren person
richang yingyong jichu erqian zi 日常應用基礎二千字 2000 Fundamental Everyday Usage Characters
rinji kokugo chōsakai 臨時国語調査会 Interim Committee on the National Language
sanmin zhuyi 三民主義 Three People’s Principles
sanzenji jibiki 三千字字引 The Three Thousand Character Dictionary
San zi jing 三字經 Trimetrical Classic
Shanghai Zhongwen daziji zhizaochang lianyingsuo 上海中文打字機製造廠聯營所 Shanghai Chinese Typewriter Manufacturers Association
shehui zhuyi 社會主義 socialism
shehui zuzhi mingcheng de pan 社會組織名稱的盤 social structure terms tray
shengchan 生產 production
Sheng Jiping 盛濟平
Sheng Lianzhen 盛練貞
Sheng Yaozhang 盛耀章
shi style
shiwan ren zhong qiu yi ren 十萬人中求一人 search for one person out of 100,000
shuangge pai Zhongwen daziji 雙鴿牌中文打字機 Double Pigeon-brand Chinese typewriter
shuru 輸入 input
shurufa 輸入法 input method
Shu Zhendong 舒震東
Shu Zhendong Chinese Typewriter 舒震東華文打字機
sijiao haoma 四角號碼 Four-Corner Code
siku quanshu 四庫全書 Four Treasuries
songti 宋體 Song-style character
Sougou Pinyin 搜狗拼音 Sougou pinyin input
Sugimoto Kyōta 杉本京太
Tadahisa Sakurada 櫻田常久
tadashii shushi no keitai 正しい手指の形態 correct form for the fingers
tadashii taipuraichingu no shisei 正しいタイプライチングの姿勢 correct typewriting posture
taipisuto netsu タイピスト熱 typist fever
taipuraitā タイプライター typewriter
Tang Chongli 唐崇李
taolun 討論 discussion
Ta Tsing Leu Lee. 大清律例 Great Qing Legal Code
teyong wenzi 特用文字 special usage characters
ti to lift/raise
ti topic
Tianshu 天书 Book from the Sky
tongsu dazipan 通俗打字盤 popular typewriter tray bed
tongsu jiaokeshu 通俗教科書 popular textbook
tongsu jiaoyu 通俗教育 popular education
tongsu tushuguan 通俗圖書館 popular library
tongsu yanjiang 通俗演講 popular lecture
tongwen 同文 shared civilization
Wang Jingchun 王景春
Wang Yunwu 王雲五
wanneng shi Huawen daziji 萬能式華文打字機 Wanneng-style Chinese typewriter
Wei Geng 魏赓
weiyuan 委員 committee member
wen to question/question
wuchan jieji 無產階級 proletariat
Wuying dian 武英殿 Imperial Printing Office
Xin dazi caozuofa 新打字操作法 New Typing Method
xing shape
xin nüxing 新女性 new woman
xinxing gongye 新興工業 contribute to emerging enterprise
xin yun suoyin fa 新韻所引發 New Rhyme-Based Indexing System
xiugai daziji zibiao huiyi 修改打字機字表會議 Meeting for the Improvement of the Typewriter Character Chart
Xu Bing 徐冰
xuesheng 學生 student
Y.C. James Yen 晏阳初
yi meaning
yici gaipai 一次改排 all-at-once rearrangement
yideng gongchen 一等功臣 First-Class Hero
yijian 意見 opinion
yin sound
yinshuaji 印刷機 printing machine
yinwei 因為 because
yin-yi-xing 音義形 sound-meaning-shape
yitizi 異體字 variant characters
yong shou chaolu 用手抄錄 copy and record by hand
yong zi bafa 用字八法 eight fundamental strokes of the character yong
Yu Binqi 俞斌祺
Yu Binqi Zhongwen dazi zhiye xuexiao 俞斌祺中文打字職業學校 Yu Binqi Chinese Typing Professional School
yun shuru 雲輸入法 cloud input
Zhang Jiying 張繼英
Zhang Xianglin 張祥麟
Zhang Xieji daziji gongsi 張協記打字機公司 Chang Yah Kee Typewriter Company
Zhang Yuanji 張元濟
zhaoshu 詔書 imperial edict
Zhao Yuanren 趙元任
zhengzhi 政治 politics
Zhongguo 中國 China
Zhonghua minguo 中華民國 Republic of China
zhongshi wenzi 重視文字 place importance on writing
Zhou Houkun 周厚坤
zhuaju minzhong jianzi de xinli 抓住民眾檢字的心理 to grasp the psychology of retrieval among the masses
zhuri gaijin 逐日改進 gradual improvement
zhuyin zimu 注音字母 Chinese phonetic alphabet
zibiao 字標 character positioning device
zipan 字盤 tray bed
zi ru qiren 字如其人 writing is like the person
zongheng shi Huawen daziji 縱橫式華文打字機 Vertical-Horizontal-style Chinese typewriter
zu ancestor