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Chinese[edit]
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(mus. instr.)
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to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
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trad. (瑟縮)
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瑟
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縮
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simp. (瑟缩)
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瑟
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缩
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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瑟
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縮
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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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sè
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suō
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Middle Chinese
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‹ srit ›
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‹ srjuwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[s.m]ri[t]/
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/*[s]ruk/
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English
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lute
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shrink
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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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瑟
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瑟
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縮
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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599
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602
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12107
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Phonetic component
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必
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必
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宿
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Rime group
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質
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質
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覺
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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瑟
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瑟
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縮
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Old Chinese
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/*smriɡ/
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/*smriɡ/
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/*sruɡ/
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瑟縮
- to curl up shivering; to cower