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Chinese
Etymology
See 戰戰兢兢／战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng).
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
如
|
臨
|
深
|
淵
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/2
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
日 (38)
|
來 (37)
|
書 (26)
|
影 (34)
|
| Final (韻)
|
魚 (22)
|
侵 (139)
|
侵 (139)
|
先 (86)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Closed
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
IV
|
| Fanqie
|
人諸切
|
力尋切
|
式針切
|
烏玄切
|
| Baxter
|
nyo
|
lim
|
syim
|
'wen
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ȵɨʌ/
|
/liɪm/
|
/ɕiɪm/
|
/ʔwen/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ȵiɔ/
|
/lim/
|
/ɕim/
|
/ʔʷen/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ȵʑiɔ/
|
/ljem/
|
/ɕjem/
|
/ʔuɛn/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ȵɨə̆/
|
/lim/
|
/ɕim/
|
/ʔwɛn/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ȵiɔ/
|
/liəm/
|
/ɕiəm/
|
/ʔuen/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ȵʑĭo/
|
/lĭĕm/
|
/ɕĭĕm/
|
/iwen/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ȵʑi̯wo/
|
/li̯əm/
|
/ɕi̯əm/
|
/ʔiwen/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
rú
|
lín
|
shēn
|
yuān
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
jyu4
|
lam4
|
sam1
|
jyun1
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
如
|
臨
|
深
|
淵
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
rú
|
lín
|
shēn
|
yuān
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyo ›
|
‹ lim ›
|
‹ syim ›
|
‹ ʔwen ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*na/
|
/*(p.)rum/
|
/*m/
|
/*ʷˁi/
|
| English
|
as, like, if
|
look down at
|
deep
|
abyss
|
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
|
臨
|
深
|
淵
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/2
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
9623
|
9801
|
11255
|
16099
|
Phonetic
component
|
女
|
品
|
罙
|
淵
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
侵
|
侵
|
眞
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
如
|
林
|
深
|
淵
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*nja/
|
/*b·rɯm/
|
/*hljum/
|
/*qʷiːn/
|
Idiom
如臨深淵
- (figurative) to be extremely cautious