冒頓

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (冒頓) 冒 頓
simp. (冒顿) 冒 顿
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Etymology

Uncertain. See Modu Chanyu#Name on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation has been uncertain since the Tang–Song era when contemporary Middle Chinese pronunciation was used by classical scholars to annotate earlier texts. Sima Zhen (8th century) in his commentaries on the Shiji read the name as either "墨頓" (/*mək入tuən去/ > Mandarin Mòdùn) or "as the characters are usually read" (/*mɑu去tuən去/ > Mandarin Màodùn). Song Qi, in the 11th century, read it as "墨毒" (/*mək入duok入/ > Mandarin Mòdú, Cantonese mak6 duk6, etc.), i.e. with the final nasal replaced by a plosive, in his notes on the Hanshu.

Proper noun

冒頓

  1. (～單于) Modu: Modu Chanyu, founder of the Xiongnu Empire

Descendants

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