| 字根通用码 |
zì gēn tōng yòng mǎ |
common coding for components of Chinese character / same as Zheng coding 郑码 |
| 字 |
zì |
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 字根 |
zì gēn |
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon |
| 根 |
gēn |
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry) |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 通用 |
tōng yòng |
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable |
| 通用码 |
Tōng yòng mǎ |
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard (abbr. for 通用汉字标准交换码) |
| 用 |
yòng |
to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore |
| 码 |
mǎ |
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc |