# 範疇
## Chinese
### Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 範(はん)疇(ちゅう) (hanchū).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fànchóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄔㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^6$ cau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoǎn-tiû / hoān-tiû
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fànchóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄔㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fànchóu
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^4$-chʻou$^2$
*** Yale: fàn-chóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannchour
*** Palladius: фаньчоу (fanʹčou)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$犯愁 範疇 / 范畴
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^6$ cau$^4$
*** Yale: faahn chàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^6$ tsau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^6$ ceo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²² t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoǎn-tiû
*** Tâi-lô: huǎn-tiû
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²² tiu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-tiû
*** Tâi-lô: huān-tiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxndiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²⁻²¹ tiu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan³³⁻¹¹ tiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ tiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan³³⁻²¹ tiu²³/

### Noun

範疇
* conceptual category; scope; domain
* (category theory) category

#### Synonyms

* (scope):
* 圈子 (quānzi) (figurative)
* 幅度 (fúdù)
* 範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi)
* 規模 / 规模 (guīmó)

#### Derived terms

* 範疇論 / 范畴论 (fànchóulùn)
* 詞彙範疇 / 词汇范畴 (cíhuì fànchóu)

### References

* ↑ 刘正埮, 高名凯, 麦永乾, 史有为, editors (1984), 汉语外来词词典 [A Dictionary of Loan Words and Hybrid Words in Chinese] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →OCLC, page 97

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 範 | 疇 |
| はん Grade: S | ちゅう Hyōgai |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 範畴 (extended shinjitai)

### Etymology

The word is translated from Greek κατηγορία (katigoría), which was borrowed by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) as a translation of English category, based on the phrase 洪範九疇 in the Book of Documents (《尚書》 or 《書經》》).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はんちゅう [hàńchúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [hã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕɨː]

### Noun

範(はん)疇(ちゅう) • (hanchū)
* category
    Synonym: カテゴリー (kategorī)
** 1927, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke no shi [The death of Ryunosuke Akutagawa]‎:
    彼(かれ)は果(はた)して詩(し)人(じん)だらうか？　それとも所謂(いはゆる)小(せう)説(せつ)家(か)の範(はん)疇(ちう)だらうか？
       Kare wa hatashite shijin darō ka? Sore tomo iwayuru shōsetsuka no hanchū darō ka?
       Is he a poet or in the category of so-called novelists?

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 範疇 / 范畴 (fànchóu)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎, University of Tokyo, page 12
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ 刘正埮, 高名凯, 麦永乾, 史有为, editors (1984), 汉语外来词词典 [A Dictionary of Loan Words and Hybrid Words in Chinese] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →OCLC, page 97

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 範 | 疇 |

### Noun

範疇 • (beomju) (hangeul 범주)
* hanja form of 범주 (“category”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 範 | 疇 |

### Noun

範疇
* chữ Hán form of phạm trù (“category”).