female; woman; daughter | flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English | ||
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trad. (女英) | 女 | 英 | |
simp. #(女英) | 女 | 英 |
Rime | ||
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Character | 女 | 英 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) | 影 (34) |
Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 庚 (111) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
Division (等) | III | III |
Fanqie | 尼吕切 | 於驚切 |
Baxter | nrjoX | 'jaeng |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɳɨʌX/ | /ʔˠiæŋ/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɳiɔX/ | /ʔᵚiaŋ/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/niɔX/ | /ʔiaŋ/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɳɨə̆X/ | /ʔiajŋ/ |
Li Rong |
/niɔX/ | /ʔiɐŋ/ |
Wang Li |
/nĭoX/ | /ĭɐŋ/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ni̯woX/ | /ʔi̯ɐŋ/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
nǚ | yīng |
Expected Cantonese Reflex |
neoi5 | jing1 |
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 女 | 英 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
nǚ | yīng |
Middle Chinese |
‹ nrjoX › | ‹ ʔjæng › |
Old Chinese |
/*nraʔ/ | /*ʔ<r>aŋ/ |
English | female | young grass plants |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 女 | 英 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
No. | 9616 | 14510 |
Phonetic component |
女 | 央 |
Rime group |
魚 | 陽 |
Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
霙 | |
Old Chinese |
/*naʔ/ | /*qraŋ/ |
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