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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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如
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如
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此
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
日 (38)
|
日 (38)
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清 (14)
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| Final (韻)
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魚 (22)
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魚 (22)
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支 (11)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
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III
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| Fanqie
|
人諸切
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人恕切
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雌氏切
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| Baxter
|
nyo
|
nyoH
|
tshjeX
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ȵɨʌ/
|
/ȵɨʌH/
|
/t͡sʰiᴇX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ȵiɔ/
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/ȵiɔH/
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/t͡sʰiɛX/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ȵʑiɔ/
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/ȵʑiɔH/
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/t͡sʰjɛX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ȵɨə̆/
|
/ȵɨə̆H/
|
/t͡sʰiə̆X/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ȵiɔ/
|
/ȵiɔH/
|
/t͡sʰieX/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ȵʑĭo/
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/ȵʑĭoH/
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/t͡sʰǐeX/
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Bernard
Karlgren
|
/ȵʑi̯wo/
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/ȵʑi̯woH/
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/t͡sʰie̯X/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
rú
|
rù
|
cǐ
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
jyu4
|
jyu6
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ci2
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
如
|
此
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
rú
|
cǐ
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyo ›
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‹ tshjeX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*na/
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/*e(j)ʔ/
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| English
|
as, like, if
|
this
|
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
|
如
|
如
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此
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
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1/1
|
| No.
|
9623
|
9631
|
1724
|
Phonetic
component
|
女
|
女
|
此
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Rime
group
|
魚
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魚
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支
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
如
|
洳
|
此
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*nja/
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/*njas/
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/*sʰeʔ/
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| Notes
|
|
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甲文象足踏人背，
爲跐初文
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Adjective
如此
- like this; so; such; the case; this way
- 往往如此 ― wǎngwǎng rúcǐ ― to be often the case
- 事已如此 ― shì yǐ rúcǐ ― this being the case
- 但也就如此了 ― dàn yě jiù rúcǐ le ― but that is about it
- 真的如此嗎？／真的如此吗？ ― Zhēnde rúcǐ ma? ― Is that so?
新方法也不是完美的；果然如此，它比老方法好得多。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]- Xīn fāngfǎ yě bùshì wánměi de; guǒrán rúcǐ, tā bǐ lǎo fāngfǎ hǎo de duō.
- The new method is not perfect; even so, it is much better than the old one.
Synonyms
- (literary) 如是 (rúshì), 如斯 (rúsī)
- (colloquial) 這樣／这样 (zhèyàng)
Derived terms