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Chinese
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north
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wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
| trad. (北風)
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北
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風
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| simp. (北风)
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北
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风
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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北
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風
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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běi
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fēng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pok ›
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‹ pjuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pˁək/
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/*prəm/
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| English
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north
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wind (n.)
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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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風
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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414
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2921
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Phonetic
component
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北
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凡
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Rime
group
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職
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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北
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風
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Old
Chinese
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/*pɯːɡ/
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/*plum/
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Noun
北風
- northerly; north wind (a persistent wind from the north)
- (by extension) cold wind
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
北風 • (kitakaze) ←きたかぜ (kitakaze)?
- northerly; north wind
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
北風 • (hokufū) ←ほくふう (fokufuu)?
- northerly; north wind
References
Korean
Noun
北風 • (bukpung) (hangeul 북풍)
- Hanja form? of 북풍 (“north wind”).