九黎

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Chinese

nine surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.)
trad. (九黎) 九 黎
simp. #(九黎) 九 黎
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 九 黎 黎
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiǔ lí lí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjuwX › ‹ lej › ‹ lej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*uʔ/ /*ˁij/ (Cf. 耆 0552l ɡij < *rij ‘old’) /*ˁij/
English nine old black

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 九 黎
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6941 7880
Phonetic
component 		九 利
Rime
group 		幽 脂
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		久 黎
Old
Chinese 		/*kuʔ/ /*riːl/

Proper noun

九黎

  1. Nine Li (name of an ancient tribe in China)

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