好逑

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Chinese

good; well; be fond of collect; to match
trad. (好逑)
simp. #(好逑)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (32) (30)
Final () (89) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter xawX gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɑuX/ /ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɑuX/ /ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/xɑuX/ /ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hawX/ /guw/
Li
Rong
/xɑuX/ /ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/xɑuX/ /ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xɑuX/ /gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hǎo qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou2 kau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hǎo qiú
Middle
Chinese
‹ xawX › ‹ gjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰˁuʔ/ /*ɡ(r)u/
English good come together; mate (n.)

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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 4913 10562
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*qʰuːʔ/ /*ɡu/
Notes

Noun

好逑

  1. (literary) good mate; ideal spouse