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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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不
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不
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不
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仁
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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幫 (1)
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幫 (1)
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幫 (1)
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日 (38)
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| Final (韻)
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尤 (136)
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尤 (136)
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物 (60)
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眞 (43)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Checked (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Closed
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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甫鳩切
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方久切
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分勿切
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如鄰切
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| Baxter
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pjuw
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pjuwX
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pjut
|
nyin
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pɨu/
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/pɨuX/
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/pɨut̚/
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/ȵiɪn/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/piu/
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/piuX/
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/piut̚/
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/ȵin/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/piəu/
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/piəuX/
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/piuət̚/
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/ȵʑjen/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/puw/
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/puwX/
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/put̚/
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/ȵin/
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Li
Rong
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/piu/
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/piuX/
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/piuət̚/
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/ȵiĕn/
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Wang
Li
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/pĭəu/
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/pĭəuX/
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/pĭuət̚/
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/ȵʑĭĕn/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/pi̯ə̯u/
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/pi̯ə̯uX/
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/pi̯uət̚/
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/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
fōu
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fǒu
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fu
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rén
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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fau1
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fau2
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fat1
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jan4
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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不
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不
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仁
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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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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
bù
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bù
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rén
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ pjuw ›
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‹ pjuw ›
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‹ nyin ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*pə/
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/*pə/
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/*niŋ/
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| English
|
not
|
不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)
|
kind
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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. * 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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不
|
不
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不
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仁
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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1/1
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| No.
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1025
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1029
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1048
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10801
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Phonetic
component
|
不
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不
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不
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人
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Rime
group
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之
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之
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物
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
不
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缶
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弗
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仁
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Old
Chinese
|
/*pɯ/
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/*pɯʔ/
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/*pɯ'/
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/*njin/
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| Notes
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象花柎與本同源
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中古才促化
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Adjective
不仁
- (formal) showing no mercy; inhumane
孟子曰：「不仁而得國者，有之矣；不仁而得天下，未之有也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
孟子曰：「不仁而得国者，有之矣；不仁而得天下，未之有也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Mèngzǐ yuē: “Bùrén ér dé guó zhě, yǒu zhī yǐ; bùrén ér dé tiānxià, wèi zhī yǒu yě.”
- Mencius said, “There have been inhumane men who have come to rule a state, but there has never been an inhumane man who has come to rule the world.”
漁者利其肉，寡者貪其力，下爲不仁，上爲無德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
渔者利其肉，寡者贪其力，下为不仁，上为无德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Yú zhě lì qí ròu, guǎ zhě tān qí lì, xià wèi bùrén, shàng wèi wúdé.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (formal, of skin) numb
Derived terms
Vietnamese
Adjective
不仁
- chữ Hán form of bất nhân.