嫘祖

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Chinese

surname ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (嫘祖) 嫘 祖
simp. #(嫘祖) 嫘 祖
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Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 祖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsuX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaʔ/
English ancestor

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 嫘 祖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7740 10398
Phonetic
component 		畾 且
Rime
group 		微 魚
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		㶟 祖
Old
Chinese 		/*rul/ /*ʔsaːʔ/
Notes 原從纍，此所注或體

Proper noun

嫘祖

  1. (Chinese mythology) Leizu (legendary wife of the Yellow Emperor and discoverer of sericulture)

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