Chinese [ edit ]
capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
omen; million; million million, trillion
to rule; surname
simp. and trad. (京兆尹 )
京
兆
尹
Etymology [ edit ]
First created in the Han era [104 BCE ] . According to commentaries to the Book of Han by Zhang Yan (張晏 , c. 3rd century?) as collected by Yan Shigu (581–645) much later, and also Yan's own commentary, 京 (OC *kraŋ ) was interpreted as "high, elevated, grand" and 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ ) referred to "multitudes; populous". Both were also used as the names for certain large numbers in Chinese.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Rime
Character
京
兆
尹
Reading #
1/1
1/1
1/1
Initial (聲 )
見 (28)
澄 (11)
以 (36)
Final (韻 )
庚 (111)
宵 (92)
諄 (47)
Tone (調 )
Level (Ø)
Rising (X)
Rising (X)
Openness (開合 )
Open
Open
Closed
Division (等 )
III
III
III
Fanqie
舉 卿 切
治 小 切
余 準 切
Baxter
kjaeng
drjewX
ywinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang
/kˠiæŋ /
/ɖˠiᴇuX /
/jiuɪnX /
Pan Wuyun
/kᵚiaŋ /
/ɖᵚiɛuX /
/jʷinX /
Shao Rongfen
/kiaŋ /
/ȡiæuX /
/juenX /
Edwin Pulleyblank
/kiajŋ /
/ɖiawX /
/jwinX /
Li Rong
/kiɐŋ /
/ȡjɛuX /
/iuĕnX /
Wang Li
/kĭɐŋ /
/ȡĭɛuX /
/jĭuĕnX /
Bernard Karlgren
/ki̯ɐŋ /
/ȡʱi̯ɛuX /
/i̯uĕnX /
Expected Mandarin Reflex
jīng
zhào
yǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex
ging1
ziu6
wan5
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
京
兆
尹
Reading #
1/1
1/1
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jīng
zhào
yǐn
Middle Chinese
‹ kjæng ›
‹ drjewX ›
‹ ywinX ›
Old Chinese
/*[k]raŋ/
/*lr[a]wʔ/
/*m-qurʔ/
English
hill; capital city
great number
govern; governor
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
京
兆
尹
Reading #
1/1
1/1
1/1
No.
6828
16856
15300
Phonetic component
京
兆
尹
Rime group
陽
宵
眞
Rime subdivision
0
2
1
Corresponding MC rime
驚
肇
尹
Old Chinese
/*kraŋ/
/*l'ewʔ/
/*ɢʷlinʔ/
Proper noun [ edit ]
京兆尹
( historical ) Jingzhao Yin ; Jingzhao ( historical administrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an )
( historical ) the chief official in charge of the Jingzhao district near Chang'an
( historical ) name of various official positions leading the government of any capital districts
Hypernyms [ edit ]