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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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北
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辰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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běi
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chén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pok ›
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‹ dzyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pˁək/
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/*ər/
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| English
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north
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5th earthly branch
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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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北
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辰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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414
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1372
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Phonetic
component
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北
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辰
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Rime
group
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職
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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北
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辰
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Old
Chinese
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/*pɯːɡ/
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/*djɯn/
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Proper noun
北辰
- (literary, astronomy) North Star; Polaris
子曰：「為政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而眾星共之。」
子曰：「为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而众星共之。」 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Wéizhèng yǐ dé, pìrú běichén, jū qí suǒ, ér zhòng xīng gòng zhī.”
- The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."
- (～區) Beichen (a district of Tianjin, China)
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