半規

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Chinese

half; semi-; incomplete
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 
compass; rule
trad. (半規)
simp. (半规)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (28)
Final () (62) (12)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter panH kjwie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/puɑnH/ /kiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷɑnH/ /kʷiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/puɑnH/ /kjuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwanH/ /kwiə̆/
Li
Rong
/puɑnH/ /kiue/
Wang
Li
/puɑnH/ /kǐwe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/puɑnH/ /kwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bàn guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bun3 gwai1

Noun

半規

  1. (literary) semicircle
  2. (literary, figuratively) half of the sun or the moon

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