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Chinese
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(main) hall; large room
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emperor; surname
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simp. and trad.
(堂皇)
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堂
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皇
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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堂
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皇
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皇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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táng
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huáng
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huáng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dang ›
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ hwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁaŋ/
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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| English
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hall
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yellow and white spotted
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sovereign
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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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堂
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皇
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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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11138
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12696
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Phonetic
component
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尚
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王
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Rime
group
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陽
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陽
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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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唐
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黃
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Old
Chinese
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/*daːŋ/
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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| Notes
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禮王制鄭注冕屬，
金文象羽冠，王聲；或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文
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Adjective
堂皇
- grand; stately; magnificent
Synonyms
Noun
堂皇
- large palace
Descendants