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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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三
|
三
|
皇
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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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| Initial (聲)
|
心 (16)
|
心 (16)
|
匣 (33)
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| Final (韻)
|
談 (143)
|
談 (143)
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唐 (102)
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| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
|
Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
|
Open
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Closed
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| Division (等)
|
I
|
I
|
I
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| Fanqie
|
蘇甘切
|
蘇暫切
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胡光切
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| Baxter
|
sam
|
samH
|
hwang
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/sɑm/
|
/sɑmH/
|
/ɦwɑŋ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/sɑm/
|
/sɑmH/
|
/ɦʷɑŋ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/sɑm/
|
/sɑmH/
|
/ɣuɑŋ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/sam/
|
/samH/
|
/ɦwaŋ/
|
Li
Rong
|
/sɑm/
|
/sɑmH/
|
/ɣuɑŋ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/sɑm/
|
/sɑmH/
|
/ɣuɑŋ/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/sɑm/
|
/sɑmH/
|
/ɣwɑŋ/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
sān
|
sàn
|
huáng
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
saam1
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saam3
|
wong4
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
三
|
三
|
皇
|
皇
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
sān
|
sān
|
huáng
|
huáng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ sam ›
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‹ samH ›
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‹ hwang ›
|
‹ hwang ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)
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/*s.rm-s/ (*s.r- > *s-, infl. by 四 *s-?)
|
/*ʷˁaŋ/
|
/*ʷˁaŋ/
|
| English
|
three
|
three times
|
yellow and white spotted
|
sovereign
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
|
三
|
三
|
皇
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
10963
|
10965
|
12696
|
Phonetic
component
|
三
|
三
|
王
|
Rime
group
|
侵
|
侵
|
陽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
三
|
三
|
黃
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*suːm/
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/*suːms/
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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| Notes
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|
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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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Proper noun
三皇
- (Chinese mythology) the Three Sovereigns
Derived terms
Vietnamese
Proper noun
三皇
- chữ Hán form of Tam Hoàng (“the Three Sovereigns”).