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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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于
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于
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嗟
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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)
|
yú
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yú
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jiē
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hju ›
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‹ hju ›
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‹ tsjæ ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷ(r)a/
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/*ɦʷa/ (< *ɢʷ(r)a)
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/*tsAj/
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| English
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go; at
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單于 chányú: Xiōngnú ruler (W. Hàn)
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sigh; alas!
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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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于
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嗟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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15706
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18026
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Phonetic
component
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于
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左
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Rime
group
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魚
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歌
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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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于
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嗟
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷa/
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/*ʔsljal/
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| Notes
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王筠雲籲初文
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Interjection
于嗟
- (literary) alas
麟之趾，振振公子，于嗟麟兮。
麟之定，振振公姓，于嗟麟兮。
麟之角，振振公族，于嗟麟兮。 - From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Lín zhī zhǐ, zhēnzhēn gōng zǐ, xūjiē lín xī.
Lín zhī dìng, zhēnzhēn gōng xìng, xūjiē lín xī.
Lín zhī jiǎo, zhēnzhēn gōng zú, xūjiē lín xī. - (please add an English translation of this quotation)