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Chinese
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morning
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interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
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night
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sleep soundly
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| trad. (夙興夜寐)
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夙
|
興
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夜
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寐
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| simp. (夙兴夜寐)
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夙
|
兴
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夜
|
寐
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Etymology
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 58 (《詩經·衞風·氓》):
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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夙
|
興
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夜
|
寐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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1/1
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
心 (16)
|
曉 (32)
|
以 (36)
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明 (4)
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| Final (韻)
|
屋 (4)
|
蒸 (133)
|
麻 (100)
|
脂 (15)
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| Tone (調)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
|
Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
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Open
|
Open
|
Open
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| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
III
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| Fanqie
|
息逐切
|
虚陵切
|
羊謝切
|
彌二切
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| Baxter
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sjuwk
|
xing
|
yaeH
|
mjijH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/sɨuk̚/
|
/hɨŋ/
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/jiaH/
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/miɪH/
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Pan
Wuyun
|
/siuk̚/
|
/hɨŋ/
|
/jiaH/
|
/miH/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/siuk̚/
|
/xieŋ/
|
/iaH/
|
/mjɪH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/suwk̚/
|
/hiŋ/
|
/jiaH/
|
/miH/
|
Li
Rong
|
/siuk̚/
|
/xiəŋ/
|
/iaH/
|
/miH/
|
Wang
Li
|
/sĭuk̚/
|
/xĭəŋ/
|
/jĭaH/
|
/miH/
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Bernard
Karlgren
|
/si̯uk̚/
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/xi̯əŋ/
|
/i̯aH/
|
/miH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
su
|
xīng
|
yè
|
mì
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
suk1
|
hing1
|
je6
|
mei6
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
夙
|
興
|
夜
|
寐
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
sù
|
xīng
|
yè
|
mèi
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ sjuwk ›
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‹ xing ›
|
‹ yæH ›
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‹ mjijH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*uk/
|
/*qʰ(r)əŋ/
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/*Ak-s/
|
/*mi-s/
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| English
|
early morning
|
lift, rise
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night
|
sleep
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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)
|
| Character
|
夙
|
興
|
夜
|
寐
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
12098
|
13858
|
14992
|
12910
|
Phonetic
component
|
夙
|
興
|
亦
|
未
|
Rime
group
|
覺
|
蒸
|
暮
|
至
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
肅
|
興
|
夜
|
寐
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*suɡ/
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/*qʰɯŋ/
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/*laːɡs/
|
/*mids/
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Idiom
夙興夜寐
- to work hard night and day; to burn the candle at both ends