北辰

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Chinese

north 5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.
trad. (北辰)
simp. #(北辰)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (25)
Final () (131) (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter pok dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pək̚/ /d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/pək̚/ /d͡ʑin/
Shao
Rongfen
/pək̚/ /d͡ʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pək̚/ /d͡ʑin/
Li
Rong
/pək̚/ /ʑiĕn/
Wang
Li
/pək̚/ /ʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pək̚/ /ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo chén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak1 san4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
běi chén
Middle
Chinese
‹ pok › ‹ dzyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁək/ /*ər/
English north 5th earthly branch

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. 414 1372
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯːɡ/ /*djɯn/

Proper noun

北辰

  1. (literary, astronomy) North Star; Polaris
  2. () Beichen (a district of Tianjin, China)

Synonyms