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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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司
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鐸
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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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sī
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duó
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Middle Chinese
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‹ si ›
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‹ dak ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-lə/
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/*lˁak/
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English
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superintend
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a kind of bell
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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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司
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鐸
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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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11951
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15125
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Phonetic component
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司
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睪
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Rime group
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之
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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思
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鐸
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Old Chinese
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/*slɯ/
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/*l'aːɡ/
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Etymology 1
Noun
司鐸
- (literary, historical) one who is in charge of striking the duo (a large bell with a dull sound)
- (literary, figurative) one who manages culture and education
Proper noun
司鐸
- (historical) a palace in State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn period
- a surname
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Latin sacerdōtem (“priest”), based on the full noun 撒責爾鐸德/撒责尔铎德 (sāzé'ěrduódé), cf. Portuguese sacerdote.
Noun
司鐸
- (Catholicism) priest
Synonyms