源氏物语

yuán shì wù yǔ

The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)

源

yuán

root

氏

shì

(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")

物

wù

(bound form) thing

语

yǔ

dialect