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Chinese
Etymology
From Commentary of Guliang, in the 29th year of Duke Zhao of Lu's reign (513 B.C.E.):
昭公出奔，民如釋重負。
昭公出奔，民如释重负。 - From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE
- Zhāogōng chūbēn, mín rú shì zhòngfù.
- Duke Zhao of Lu fled . The people then felt as if relieved of a heavy load.
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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如
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釋
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重
|
負
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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2/3
|
1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
日 (38)
|
書 (26)
|
澄 (11)
|
並 (3)
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| Final (韻)
|
魚 (22)
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昔 (123)
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鍾 (7)
|
尤 (136)
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| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Rising (X)
|
Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
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| Division (等)
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III
|
III
|
III
|
III
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| Fanqie
|
人諸切
|
施隻切
|
直隴切
|
房久切
|
| Baxter
|
nyo
|
syek
|
drjowngX
|
bjuwX
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| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ȵɨʌ/
|
/ɕiᴇk̚/
|
/ɖɨoŋX/
|
/bɨuX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ȵiɔ/
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/ɕiɛk̚/
|
/ɖioŋX/
|
/biuX/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ȵʑiɔ/
|
/ɕiæk̚/
|
/ȡioŋX/
|
/biəuX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ȵɨə̆/
|
/ɕiajk̚/
|
/ɖuawŋX/
|
/buwX/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ȵiɔ/
|
/ɕiɛk̚/
|
/ȡioŋX/
|
/biuX/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ȵʑĭo/
|
/ɕĭɛk̚/
|
/ȡĭwoŋX/
|
/bĭəuX/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ȵʑi̯wo/
|
/ɕi̯ɛk̚/
|
/ȡʱi̯woŋX/
|
/bʱi̯ə̯uX/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
rú
|
shi
|
zhòng
|
fòu
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
jyu4
|
sik1
|
zung6
|
fau6
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
如
|
釋
|
重
|
負
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
2/3
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
rú
|
shì
|
zhòng
|
fù
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyo ›
|
‹ syek ›
|
‹ drjowngX ›
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‹ bjuwX ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*na/
|
/*l̥Ak/
|
/*N-t<r>oŋʔ/
|
/*əʔ/
|
| English
|
as, like, if
|
release; dissolve
|
heavy
|
carry on the back
|
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
|
釋
|
重
|
負
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
2/3
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
9623
|
15134
|
17462
|
3558
|
Phonetic
component
|
女
|
睪
|
重
|
負
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
鐸
|
東
|
之
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
如
|
釋
|
重
|
婦
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*nja/
|
/*hljaɡ/
|
/*doŋʔ/
|
/*bɯʔ/
|
| Notes
|
|
|
東轉註字，金文從禾東從土，
爲種（植）初文
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Idiom
如釋重負
- to feel as if a weight has been lifted from one’s shoulders