九河

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Chinese[edit]

nine river
simp. and trad.
(九河) 		九 河

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 九 河
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 舉有切 胡歌切
Baxter kjuwX ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨuX/ /ɦɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kiuX/ /ɦɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiəuX/ /ɣɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kuwX/ /ɦa/
Li
Rong 		/kiuX/ /ɣɑ/
Wang
Li 		/kĭəuX/ /ɣɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ə̯uX/ /ɣɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǔ hé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gau2 ho4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 九 河
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiǔ hé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjuwX › ‹ ha ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]uʔ/ /*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/
English nine river

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 九 河
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6941 7459
Phonetic
component 		九 可
Rime
group 		幽 歌
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		久 何
Old
Chinese 		/*kuʔ/ /*ɡaːl/

Noun[edit]

九河

  1. (historical) the nine tributaries (or the many tributaries in the lower reaches) of the Yellow River during the rule of Yu the Great
  2. (literary, by extension) the Yellow River
  3. (literary) the Milky Way
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