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Chinese[edit]
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flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
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emperor; surname
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trad. (英皇)
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英
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皇
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simp. #(英皇)
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英
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皇
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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英
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皇
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皇
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yīng
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huáng
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huáng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔjæng ›
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ hwang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔ<r>aŋ/
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/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
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/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
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English
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young grass plants
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yellow and white spotted
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sovereign
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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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英
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皇
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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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14510
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12696
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Phonetic component
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央
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王
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Rime group
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陽
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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霙
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黃
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Old Chinese
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/*qraŋ/
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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Notes
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禮王制鄭注冕屬, 金文象羽冠,王聲;或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文
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Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
英皇
- Short for 女英 (Nǚyīng) + 娥皇 (Éhuáng): “two daughters of Emperor Yao”.
Etymology 2[edit]
英皇
- (Hong Kong, usually used in compounds) king of the United Kingdom
Synonyms[edit]