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Chinese[edit]
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to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
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year
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simp. and trad. (改年)
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改
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年
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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改
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年
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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gǎi
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nián
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kojX ›
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‹ nen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.qˁəʔ/
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/*C.nˁi[ŋ]/
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English
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change (v.)
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harvest; year
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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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改
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年
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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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5763
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9482
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Phonetic component
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己
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秊
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Rime group
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之
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眞
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Rime subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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改
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Old Chinese
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/*klɯːʔ/
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/*niːŋ/
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Notes
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同秊
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改⫽年 (verb-object)
- (Classical, historical) to start over with the first year of a new Chinese era name; to change the title of an imperial reign
Synonyms[edit]