燭龍

Chinese

		candle	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (燭龍)		燭	龍
simp. (烛龙)		烛	龙
anagram		龍燭／龙烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhúlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhúlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhúlóng
    • Wade–Giles: Chu²-lung²
    • Yale: Jú-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jwulong
    • Palladius: Чжулун (Čžulun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowk ljowng

Rime
Character	燭	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之欲切	力鍾切
Baxter	tsyowk	ljowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨok̚/	/lɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/lioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/lioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawk̚/	/luawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/lioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwok̚/	/lĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/	/li̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tok  [mə]-roŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoɡ  b·roŋ|mroːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燭	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhú	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyowk ›	‹ ljowng ›
Old Chinese	/*tok/	/*[mə]-roŋ/
English	torch	dragon
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	燭	龍	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	11828	8436	8763
Phonetic component	蜀	龍	尨
Rime group	屋	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	燭	龍	厖
Old Chinese	/*tjoɡ/	/*b·roŋ/	/*mroːŋ/
Notes			同狵

Proper noun

燭龍

1. (Chinese mythology) Zhulong (a giant red solar dragon and god)

Noun

燭龍

1. (literary, figuratively) sun