正朔

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	beginning; first day of lunar month
trad. (正朔)		正	朔
simp. #(正朔)		正	朔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngshuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ sok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngshuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengshuò
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-shuo⁴
    • Yale: jēng-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengshuoh
    • Palladius: чжэншо (čžɛnšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ sok³
    • Yale: jing sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeng sraewk

Rime
Character	正	朔
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	江 (10)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	諸盈切	所角切
Baxter	tsyeng	sraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/	/ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/	/ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæŋ/	/ʃɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajŋ/	/ʂaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/	/ʃɔk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/	/ʃɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/	/ʂɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	sok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.teŋ  s-ŋrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjeŋ  sŋraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	正	朔
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēng	shuò
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyeng ›	‹ sræwk ›
Old Chinese	/*C.teŋ/	/*s-ŋrak/
English	1st (month)	1st day of month
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	正	朔
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	17171	9468
Phonetic component	正	屰
Rime group	耕	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	征	朔
Old Chinese	/*tjeŋ/	/*sŋraːɡ/
Notes	甲文從止丁聲， 徵初文

Noun

正朔

1. the first day of the first month (in the lunar calendar)
2. (historical) calendar system promulgated by the emperor whenever a new dynasty was established; (by extension) calendar
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