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Chinese
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(long) time; (long) duration of time
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far; distant; remote
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| trad. (久遠)
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久
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遠
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| simp. (久远)
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久
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远
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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久
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遠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiǔ
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yuǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjuwX ›
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‹ hjwonX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷəʔ/
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/*C.ɢʷanʔ/
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| English
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a long time
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far
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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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久
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遠
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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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6969
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16226
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Phonetic
component
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久
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袁
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Rime
group
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之
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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久
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遠
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷlɯʔ/
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/*ɢʷanʔ/
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Adjective
久遠
- a long time ago; far back
Synonyms
- 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
- 延延 (yányán) (literary)
- 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
- 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
- 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
- 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
- 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
- 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
- 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
- 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
- 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
- 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
- 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
- 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
- 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)
Japanese
- 久遠の (kuon no): of or relating to eternity, eternal
Etymology 1
From ku (久, of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long time) + on (遠, distant (in time), far-off, remote).
Pronunciation
Noun
久遠 • (kuon) ←くをん (kuwon)?
- eternity
Etymology 2
From kyū (久, of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long time) + en (遠, distant (in time), far-off, remote).
Pronunciation
Noun
久遠 • (kyūen) ←きうゑん (kiuwen)?
- eternity
Usage notes
- kuon is more commonly used than kyūen
References
References