如字

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Chinese

as (if); such as
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (如字)
simp. #(如字)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (38) (38) (15)
Final () (22) (22) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyo nyoH dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨʌ/ /ȵɨʌH/ /d͡zɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɔ/ /ȵiɔH/ /d͡zɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑiɔ/ /ȵʑiɔH/ /d͡zieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨə̆/ /ȵɨə̆H/ /d͡zɨH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiɔ/ /ȵiɔH/ /d͡ziəH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭo/ /ȵʑĭoH/ /d͡zĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯wo/ /ȵʑi̯woH/ /d͡zʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4 jyu6 zi6

Phrase

如字

  1. (set phrase, largely obsolete) to be pronounced the usual way; to follow a character's typical or conventional reading

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