Word Meaning 三十六字母

さんじゅうろくじぼ sanjuurokujibo

三十六字母 is read as さんじゅうろくじぼ (sanjuurokujibo) and means 36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese).

Meaning

English

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

Reading

Kana

さんじゅうろくじぼ

Romaji

sanjuurokujibo

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 97163 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三十六計

さんじゅうろっけい

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

三十六歌仙

さんじゅうろっかせん

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

三十六計逃げるにしかず

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

富嶽三十六景

ふがくさんじゅうろっけい

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

三十にして立つ

さんじゅうにしてたつ

turning thirty and therefore becoming independent

三世十方

さんぜじっぽう

limitless time and space

三重母音

さんじゅうぼいん

triphthong

字母

じぼ

representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant

注音字母

ちゅういんじぼ

Bopomofo

三十

みそ

thirty

三十八度線

さんじゅうはちどせん

38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)