Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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九
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黎
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黎
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiǔ
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lí
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lí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kjuwX ›
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‹ lej ›
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‹ lej ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[k]uʔ/
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/*[r]ˁij/ (Cf. 耆 0552l ɡij < *[ɡ]rij ‘old’)
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/*[r]ˁij/
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English
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nine
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old
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black
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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九
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黎
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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6941
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7880
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Phonetic component
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九
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利
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Rime group
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幽
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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久
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黎
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Old Chinese
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/*kuʔ/
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/*riːl/
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Proper noun[edit]
九黎
- Nine Li (name of an ancient tribe in China)
See also[edit]