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Chinese
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(old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)
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cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
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| trad. (卿雲)
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卿
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雲
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| simp. (卿云)
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卿
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云
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Etymology
The lyrics of the two versions of the Song to the Auspicious Cloud were based on a song written in Commentary of Shang Shu, which was said to have been sung by the ancient Chinese Emperor Shun, when he passed on the throne to Yu the Great. Its original lyrics in classical Chinese were:
- "卿雲爛兮，糺縵縵兮。日月光華，旦復旦兮。"
"How bright is the Auspicious Cloud, How broad is its brilliancy.
The light is spectacular with sun or moon, How it revives dawn after dawn."
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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卿
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雲
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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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qīng
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yún
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjæng ›
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‹ hjun ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʰraŋ/
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/*ʷə/
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| English
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minister (v.)
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cloud
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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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卿
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雲
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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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13607
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16358
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Phonetic
component
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鄉
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云
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Rime
group
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陽
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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卿
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雲
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰraŋ/
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/*ɢun/
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| Notes
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鄉轉註分化字
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Noun
卿雲
- (literary) propitious clouds; auspicious clouds
Synonyms