太康

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Chinese

 
too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 peaceful; spongy (of radishes)
trad. (太康) 太 康
simp. #(太康) 太 康
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 太 康
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 他蓋切 苦岡切
Baxter thajH khang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑiH/ /kʰɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑiH/ /kʰɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑiH/ /kʰɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰajH/ /kʰaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑiH/ /kʰɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑiH/ /kʰɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑiH/ /kʰɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tài kāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taai3 hong1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 太 康 康 康
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tài kāng kāng tāng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thajH › ‹ khang › ‹ khang › ‹ thang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁa-s/ /*ˁaŋ/ /*k-r̥ˁaŋ/ /*r̥ˁaŋ/
English great empty tranquil; at ease name of first Shang ruler

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 康
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 3981
Phonetic
component 		大 庚
Rime
group 		祭 陽
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		泰 康
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰaːds/ /*kʰlaːŋ/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

太康

  1. (Chinese mythology) Tai Kang (third king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
    Synonym: 康 (Kāng)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

太康

  1. (historical) Chinese era name from the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin (280–289) or Emperor Daozong of Liao (1075–1084)

Etymology 3

Named after Xia dynasty king 太康.

Proper noun

太康

  1. (～縣) Taikang (a county of Zhoukou, Henan, China)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English TACAN.

Noun

太康

  1. (Taiwan, military, aviation) TACAN
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