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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
|
城
|
門
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
chéng
|
mén
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzyeng ›
|
‹ mwon ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*eŋ/
|
/*mˁə/
|
| English
|
city wall
|
gate, door
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
城
|
門
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
1418
|
8960
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Phonetic
component
|
成
|
門
|
Rime
group
|
耕
|
文
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
成
|
門
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*djeŋ/
|
/*mɯːn/
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Noun
城門
- city gate
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
城門
- Shing Mun (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
城門 • (jōmon)
- castle gate
Derived terms