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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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五
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nguX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
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English
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five
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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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五
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嶺
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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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13147
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8279
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Phonetic component
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五
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令
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Rime group
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魚
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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五
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領
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋaːʔ/
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/*reŋʔ/
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Proper noun
五嶺
- the Five Ridges (across the borders between Hunan and Jiangxi on the one hand and Guangdong and Guangxi on the other)