北風

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Chinese

north
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
trad. (北風)
simp. (北风)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (1) (1)
Final () (131) (2)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter pok pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pək̚/ /pɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pək̚/ /piuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pək̚/ /piuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pək̚/ /puwŋ/
Li
Rong
/pək̚/ /piuŋ/
Wang
Li
/pək̚/ /pĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pək̚/ /pi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak1 fung1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
běi fēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pok › ‹ pjuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁək/ /*prəm/
English north wind (n.)

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
No. 414 2921
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯːɡ/ /*plum/

Noun

北風

  1. northerly; north wind (a persistent wind from the north)
  2. (by extension) cold wind

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (北風):
  • Japanese: 北風(ほくふう) (hokufū)
  • Korean: 북풍(北風) (bukpung)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きた
Grade: 2
かぜ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(きた)(かぜ) (kitakazeきたかぜ (kitakaze)?

  1. northerly; north wind

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ほく
Grade: 2
ふう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほく)(ふう) (hokufūほくふう (fokufuu)?

  1. northerly; north wind

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

北風 (bukpung) (hangeul 북풍)

  1. hanja form? of 북풍 (north wind)