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Chinese[edit]
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to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
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to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian
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trad. (關塞)
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關
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塞
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simp. (关塞)
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关
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塞
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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關
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塞
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塞
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Reading #
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1/3
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1/3
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2/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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guān
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sài
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sài
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kwæn ›
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‹ sojH ›
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‹ sojH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[k]ˁro[n]/
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/*[s]ˁək-s/
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/*[s]ˁək-s/
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English
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barrier
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frontier
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pass (n.)
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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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關
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塞
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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8640
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10958
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Phonetic component
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卵
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塞
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Rime group
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元
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代
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Rime subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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關
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賽
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Old Chinese
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/*kroːn/
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/*slɯːɡs/
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關塞
- frontier pass and fortress
Descendants[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
關塞
- chữ Hán form of quan tái (“frontier pass and fortress”).