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Chinese
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empress; queen; surname
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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
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simp. and trad.
(后土)
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后
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土
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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后
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后
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土
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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| Initial (聲)
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匣 (33)
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匣 (33)
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透 (6)
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| Final (韻)
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侯 (137)
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侯 (137)
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模 (23)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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胡口切
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胡遘切
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他魯切
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| Baxter
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huwX
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huwH
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thuX
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ɦəuX/
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/ɦəuH/
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/tʰuoX/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ɦəuX/
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/ɦəuH/
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/tʰuoX/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ɣəuX/
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/ɣəuH/
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/tʰoX/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ɦəwX/
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/ɦəwH/
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/tʰɔX/
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Li
Rong
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/ɣuX/
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/ɣuH/
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/tʰoX/
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Wang
Li
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/ɣəuX/
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/ɣəuH/
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/tʰuX/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/ɣə̯uX/
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/ɣə̯uH/
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/tʰuoX/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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hòu
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hòu
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tǔ
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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hau6
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hau6
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tou2
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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后
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土
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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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hòu
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tǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ huwX ›
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‹ thuX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢˁ(r)oʔ/
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/*tʰˁaʔ/
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| English
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sovereign; queen
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earth
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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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后
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后
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土
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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| No.
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5168
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5172
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12499
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Phonetic
component
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后
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后
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土
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Rime
group
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侯
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侯
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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厚
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𠋫
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土
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡoːʔ/
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/*ɡoːs/
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/*l̥ʰaːʔ/
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Noun
后土
- (literary) earth god; Houtu
- (literary) the vast earth
- (literary, of ancient China) official charged with managing land
Synonyms
- (earth god): 地母
- (the vast earth): 大地 (dàdì)
Derived terms
Descendants
