ideologies_in_hanzi_and_kanji
Ideologies in Hanzi and Kanji
This article is a simple analysis of the names for political ideologies in logographic languages, such as Chinese (Hanzi) and Japanese (Kanji), where every written character will usually be a word or morpheme. It's mainly an exercise to measure their usefulness when describing ideologies, unlike alphabet systems where any string of letters can be given any meaning.
English Term | Chinese (Hanzi) | Japanese (Kanji) |
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Anarchism | Wú zhèngfǔ zhǔyì | Museifu shugi |
No Government | No Government | |
Authoritarianism | Wēiquán zhǔyì | Keni shugi |
Fearsome Authority | Authority Menacing | |
Christian democracy | Jīdūjiào mínzhǔ zhǔyì | Kirisutokyō minshu shugi |
Christ Faith, People Rule | Christ Faith, People Rule | |
Communitarianism | Shè qún zhǔyì | Kyōdōtai shugi |
Society Group | Cooperative System | |
Communism | Gòngchǎn zhǔyì | Kyōsan shugi |
Shared Ownership | All Products | |
Conservatism | Bǎoshǒu zhǔyì | Hoshu shugi |
Maintain Defend | Preserve Defend | |
Corporatism | Shètuán zhǔyì | Kōporatizumu |
Society Organizations | ||
Democracy | ínzhǔ zhǔyì | Minshu shugi |
People Rule | People Rule | |
Environmentalism | Huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyì | Kankyō shugi |
Environment Protection | Circle Environment | |
Fascism | Fàxīsī zhǔyì | Kessoku shugi |
Fasces | Tied Bundle | |
Liberalism | Zìyóu zhǔyì | Jiyū shugi |
Self Reason | Self Will | |
Libertarianism | Zìyóu yìzhì zhǔyì | Kanzen jiyū shugi |
Self Reason, Mind Will | Complete Self Will | |
Nationalism | Mínzú zhǔyì | Kokusai shugi |
People Nationality | Country Purity | |
Populism | Míncuì zhǔyì | Taishū shugi |
People Essence | Large Populace | |
Progressivism | Jìnbù zhǔyì | Shinpo shugi |
Advance Procedure | Progress Step | |
Social democracy | Shèhuì mínzhǔ zhǔyì | Shakai minshu shugi |
Society Union, People Rule | Society Party, People Rule | |
Socialism | Shèhuì zhǔyì | Shakai shugi |
Society Union | Society Party | |
Syndicalism | Gōng tuán zhǔyì | Rōdō kumiai shugi |
Labor Collective | Labor Union | |
Transhumanism | Chāo rénlèi zhǔyì | Toransuhyūmanizumu |
Transcend Humanity |
Notes
- “Zhǔyì” (主义/主義) and “Shugi” (主義) roughly mean -ism, so they will not be translated.
- The grayed-out terms mean that the Japanese prefer to use the katakana form of the English term.
- If there are any mistakes, please think out and review your message before contacting me.
ideologies_in_hanzi_and_kanji.txt · Last modified: 2020-09-08 15:10:44 by namelessrumia