修德

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Chinese

to decorate; to embellish; to repair
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
 
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
 
trad. (修德/脩德) /
simp. (修德)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (5)
Final () (136) (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter sjuw tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɨu/ /tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/siu/ /tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/siəu/ /tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/suw/ /tək̚/
Li
Rong
/siu/ /tək̚/
Wang
Li
/sĭəu/ /tək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si̯ə̯u/ /tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiū de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sau1 dak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjuw › ‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-liw/ /*tˁək/
English adorn virtue

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15475 17266
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*slɯw/ /*tɯːɡ/

Verb

修德

  1. (literary, intransitive) to cultivate virtues