太子

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Chinese

too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(太子) 		太 子

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 太 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 他蓋切 即里切
Baxter thajH tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑiH/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑiH/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑiH/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰajH/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑiH/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑiH/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑiH/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tài zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taai3 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 太 子
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tài zǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thajH › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁa-s/ /*tsəʔ/
English great child; gentleman, master

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)
Character 太 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 17857
Phonetic
component 		大 子
Rime
group 		祭 之
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		泰 子
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰaːds/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

太子

  1. crown prince

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太子):

Others:

See also

Proper noun

太子

  1. (～鎮) Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
  2. Prince Edward (an area in Hong Kong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太 子
たい
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

太(たい)子(し) • (taishi) 

  1. a crown prince
  2. (shogi) crown prince (promoted drunk elephant, 醉象/酔象)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
太子

Noun

太子 • (taeja) (hangeul 태자)

  1. Hanja form? of 태자 (“crown prince”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太子

Noun

太子

  1. chữ Hán form of thái tử (“crown prince”).
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