始皇

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Chinese

beginning; first emperor
trad. (始皇)
simp. #(始皇)
Literally: “first emperor”.
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (33)
Final () (19) (102)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter syiX hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨX/ /ɦwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕɨX/ /ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕieX/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕɨX/ /ɦwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɕiəX/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭəX/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕiX/ /ɣwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǐ huáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si2 wong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shǐ huáng huáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ syiX › ‹ hwang › ‹ hwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥əʔ/ /*ʷˁaŋ/ /*ʷˁaŋ/
English begin yellow and white spotted sovereign

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 12291 12696
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯʔ/ /*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes

Proper noun

始皇

  1. Qin Shi Huang (259–210 B.C.E.)
始皇

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