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Chinese
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monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler |
statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official |
simp. and trad.
(君臣)
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君
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臣
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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君
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臣
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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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jūn
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chén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjun ›
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‹ dzyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qur/
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/*i/
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| English
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lord; ruler
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slave, subject
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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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Noun
君臣
- (literary, historical) ruler and his subjects
- (traditional Chinese medicine) main medicine and complementary medicine
- (literary) staple food and non-staple food
Descendants