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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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何
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許
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人
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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匣 (33)
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曉 (32)
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日 (38)
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Final (韻)
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歌 (94)
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魚 (22)
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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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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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胡歌切
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虚吕切
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如鄰切
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Baxter
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ha
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xjoX
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nyin
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/ɦɑ/
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/hɨʌX/
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/ȵiɪn/
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Pan Wuyun
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/ɦɑ/
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/hiɔX/
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/ȵin/
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Shao Rongfen
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/ɣɑ/
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/xiɔX/
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/ȵʑjen/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/ɦa/
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/hɨə̆X/
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/ȵin/
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Li Rong
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/ɣɑ/
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/xiɔX/
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/ȵiĕn/
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Wang Li
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/ɣɑ/
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/xĭoX/
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/ȵʑĭĕn/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/ɣɑ/
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/xi̯woX/
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/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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hé
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xǔ
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rén
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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ho4
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heoi2
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jan4
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Noun
何許人
- (literary) person from where
- (literary) what kind of person
人皆以為不治產業饒給,又不知其何許人,愈爭事之。
人皆以为不治产业饶给,又不知其何许人,愈争事之。 - From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
- Rén jiē yǐwèi bù zhì chǎnyè ráogěi, yòu bù zhī qí héxǔrén, yù zhēng shì zhī.
- As people believed that he did not do any business, and was yet richly provided with everything, and as nobody knew what sort of a man he really was, there was a general competition in offering him services.
釋順道不知何許人也。邁德高標,慈忍濟物。 - From: 1215, 《海東高僧傳》 (Biographies of Great Monks of Korea)
- Seok Sundo bu ji heoha'in ya. Maedeok gopyo, ja'in je mul.
- It is not known what kind of person Seok Sundo was. He was of surpassing virtue and lofty character, and with compassion and perseverance he gave succor to the world.