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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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國
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書
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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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guó
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shū
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kwok ›
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‹ syo ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷˁək/
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/*s-ta/
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English
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state (n.)
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write
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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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國
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書
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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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5547
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17013
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Phonetic component
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或
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者
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Rime group
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職
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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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Corresponding MC rime
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國
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書
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷɯːɡ/
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/*hlja/
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Noun
國書
- credentials
- (diplomacy) letter of credence
- documents exchanged between nations
- national script; national writing system
而以其不可以文字寫之,故惟樂人輩口相授受,或傳以國書而已。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 《西浦漫筆》 by Kim Manjung, late 1600s
- 이이기불가이문자사지(라) 고(로) 유악인배구상수수(하며) 혹전이국서이이(하니라)
I i gi bulga i munja sa ji, go yu agin bae gu sang susu, hok jeon i gukseo ii. [Sino-Korean] - But due to them being unable to be transcribed in characters, only groups of musicians pass them down mouth-to-mouth, or some people transmit them using the Korean alphabet, and that is all.
Synonyms
- (national script): 國字/国字 (guózì)
Descendants