宇文

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (宇文)		宇	文

Etymology

From Xianbei.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǔwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ú-bûn / Í-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǔwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǔwún
    • Wade–Giles: Yü³-wên²
    • Yale: Yǔ-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeuwen
    • Palladius: Юйвэнь (Jujvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ man⁴
    • Yale: yúh màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ú-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Ú-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: w'buun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Í-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'buun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuX mjun

Rime
Character	宇	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	王矩切	無分切
Baxter	hjuX	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨoX/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦioX/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣioX/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆X/	/mun/
Li Rong	/ɣioX/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuX/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uX/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ  mə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaʔ  mɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宇	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǔ	wén
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuX ›	‹ mjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/	/*mə[n]/
English	eaves	ornate
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	宇	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15719	13015
Phonetic component	于	文
Rime group	魚	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	羽	文
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaʔ/	/*mɯn/

Proper noun

宇文

1. a surname from Xianbei