Fanqie

Vietnamese nameVietnamesephiên thiếtChữ Hán反切Korean nameHangul반절Hanja反切Japanese nameKanji反切Hiraganaはんせつ

Fanqie is a method used in traditional Chinese lexicography to indicate the pronunciation of a monosyllabic character by using two other characters, one with the same initial consonant as the desired syllable and one in which the rest of the syllable (the final) matches. The method was introduced in the 3rd century AD and is to some extent still used in commentaries on the classics and dictionaries.