西域

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Chinese[edit]

west region
simp. and trad.
(西域)
西
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Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (35)
Final () (39) (135)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter sej hwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sei/ /ɦwɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/sei/ /ɦʷɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛi/ /ɣiuek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛj/ /ɦwik̚/
Li
Rong
/sei/ /ɣiuək̚/
Wang
Li
/siei/ /ɣĭwək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siei/ /i̯wək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1 wik6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sej › ‹ hwik ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-nˁər/ /*[ɢ]ʷrək/
English west territory

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 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 5554
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Proper noun[edit]

西域

  1. (historical) Western Regions (historical region west of the Jade Gate along the Silk Road)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Western Regions (calque)