昭回

Chinese

		illustrious; manifest	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
simp. and trad. (昭回)		昭	回

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāohuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāohuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaohuéi
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-hui²
    • Yale: jāu-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauhwei
    • Palladius: чжаохуэй (čžaoxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyew hwoj

Rime
Character	昭	回
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	止遙切	戸恢切
Baxter	tsyew	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇu/	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛu/	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæu/	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciaw/	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛu/	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛu/	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛu/	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu1	wui4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*taw  [ɢ]ʷˤəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjew  ɡuːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昭	回
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhāo	huí
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyew ›	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*taw/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/
English	bright	go around
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	昭	回
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2127	5443
Phonetic component	刀	回
Rime group	宵	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	昭	回
Old Chinese	/*tjew/	/*ɡuːl/

Verb

昭回

1. (literary, of stars) to shine and revolve

   • 倬彼雲漢、昭回于天。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     倬彼云汉、昭回于天。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhuō bǐ yúnhàn, zhāohuí yú tiān. [Pinyin]

     Bright was that milky way,
     Shining and revolving in the sky.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāohuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāohuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaohuéi
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-hui²
    • Yale: jāu-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauhwei
    • Palladius: чжаохуэй (čžaoxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyew hwoj

Rime
Character	昭	回
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	止遙切	戸恢切
Baxter	tsyew	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇu/	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛu/	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæu/	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciaw/	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛu/	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛu/	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛu/	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu1	wui4

Noun

昭回

1. (literary) stars
2. (literary) sun and moon