漆書

Chinese

		paint; lacquer	book; letter
trad. (漆書)		漆	書
simp. (漆书)		漆	书

Etymology

From an ancient method of transcribing texts. Despite the name, "lacquer writing" was actually written in black ink; they were only given this name because the radiance of the glossy black characters written in ink is suggestive of lacquer.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīshū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄕㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cishu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-shu¹
  - Yale: chī-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishu
  - Palladius: цишу (cišu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

Noun

漆書

(historical) lacquer writing; lacquer edition
(historical, calligraphy) lacquer script

Verb

漆書

(literary) to write in lacquer

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