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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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壽
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壽
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命
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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常 (25)
|
常 (25)
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明 (4)
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| Final (韻)
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尤 (136)
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尤 (136)
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庚 (111)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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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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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
|
殖酉切
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承呪切
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眉病切
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| Baxter
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dzyuwX
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dzyuwH
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mjaengH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/d͡ʑɨuX/
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/d͡ʑɨuH/
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/mˠiæŋH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/d͡ʑiuX/
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/d͡ʑiuH/
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/mᵚiaŋH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/d͡ʑiəuX/
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/d͡ʑiəuH/
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/miaŋH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/d͡ʑuwX/
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/d͡ʑuwH/
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/miajŋH/
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Li
Rong
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/ʑiuX/
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/ʑiuH/
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/miɐŋH/
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Wang
Li
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/ʑĭəuX/
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/ʑĭəuH/
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/mĭɐŋH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/ʑi̯ə̯uX/
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/ʑi̯ə̯uH/
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/mi̯ɐŋH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
shòu
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shòu
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mìng
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
sau6
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sau6
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ming6
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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壽
|
壽
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命
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
shòu
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shòu
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mìng
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzyuwX ›
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‹ dzyuwH ›
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‹ mjængH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*uʔ/
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/*uʔ-s/
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/*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
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| English
|
longevity
|
longevity
|
command (n.)
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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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壽
|
壽
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命
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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11707
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11709
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8275
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Phonetic
component
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壽
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壽
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令
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Rime
group
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幽
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幽
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
受
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授
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命
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Old
Chinese
|
/*djuʔ/
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/*djus/
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/*mreŋs/
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| Notes
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令轉註字
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Noun
壽命
- life; lifespan
- product life; service life
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 壽命 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 壽命, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
壽命 • (sumyeong) (hangeul 수명)
- hanja form? of 수명 (“lifespan”)
Vietnamese
Noun
壽命
- chữ Hán form of thọ mệnh (“lifespan”).