列缺

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Chinese

to arrange; to line up; row
to arrange; to line up; row; file; series
 
lack; scarce; vacant post
lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
 
trad. (列缺)
simp. #(列缺)
alternative forms 裂缺

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (29) (29)
Final () (81) (88) (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division () III IV III
Fanqie
Baxter ljet khwet khjwiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇt̚/ /kʰwet̚/ /kʰiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛt̚/ /kʰʷet̚/ /kʰʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljæt̚/ /kʰuɛt̚/ /kʰjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liat̚/ /kʰwɛt̚/ /kʰwiat̚/
Li
Rong
/liɛt̚/ /kʰuet̚/ /kʰiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/lĭɛt̚/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ɛt̚/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liè que que
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lit6 hyut3 hyut3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liè quē
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljet › ‹ khwet ›
Old
Chinese
/*t/ /*Nə-ʷʰˁet/
English tear apart; rank break; defective

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 1/2 2/2
No. 8128 4412 4430
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*red/ /*kʰʷed/ /*kʰʷeːd/

Noun

列缺

  1. (archaic) lightning
  2. (archaic) crack (in the sky)
  3. (traditional Chinese medicine) name of an acupoint