題目

See also: 题目

Chinese

 
topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
 
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
trad. (題目) 題 目
simp. (题目) 题 目

Pronunciation

Noun

題目

  1. subject; title; theme; category; area of interest (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  2. exam question; exercise problem (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  3. (archaic) excuse; pretext
  4. (archaic) name (of a thing); designation; title; appellation

Synonyms

Verb

題目

  1. (archaic) to judge; to assess

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (題目):
  • Japanese: 題目 (だいもく) (daimoku)
  • Korean: 제목 (題目, jemok)
  • Vietnamese: đề mục (題目)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
題 目
だい
Grade: 3		 もく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 題目 (MC dei|deiH mɨuk̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

題目 (hiragana だいもく, rōmaji daimoku)

  1. title of a book or other work
    Synonym: 題号 (daigō)
  2. theme, topic
    Synonym: 主題 (shudai)
  3. (Buddhism) in Nichiren Buddhism, the chanting of the 南無妙法蓮華経 (Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Glory to the Lotus Sutra”) and the 妙法蓮華経 (Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Lotus Sutra”)
    Synonym: お題目 (o-daimoku)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
題目

Noun

題目 • (jemok) (hangeul 제목)

  1. Hanja form? of 제목 (“a title of a book or other work”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
題目

Noun

題目

  1. Hán tự form of đề mục, “heading, head of chapter; rubric”
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