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Chinese
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early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
king; Wang (proper name)
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simp. and trad.
(先王)
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先
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王
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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先
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王
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xiān
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wáng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sen ›
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‹ hjwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sˁər/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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| English
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first
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king
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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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先
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王
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/2
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| No.
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13458
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12742
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Phonetic
component
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先
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王
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Rime
group
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文
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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先
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王
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɯːn/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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Noun
先王
- (literary or historical) the ancient kings
- (literary or historical) previous king; deceased king
Synonyms
- (the ancient kings): 故君 (gùjūn)
- (previous king): 故君 (gùjūn)