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Chinese
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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to speak; to say
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| trad. (子曰)
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子
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曰
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| simp. #(子曰)
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子
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曰
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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子
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曰
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zǐ
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yuē
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsiX ›
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‹ hjwot ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tsəʔ/
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/*ʷat/
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| English
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child; gentleman, master
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say
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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子
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曰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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17857
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16312
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Phonetic
component
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子
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曰
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Rime
group
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之
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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子
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越
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔslɯʔ/
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/*ɢʷad/
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Phrase
子曰
- Confucius said; the Master said
Usage notes
This phrase is frequently used in Analects (論語), as it mainly records Confucius' speeches.
Descendants
- → Japanese: 子曰く (Shi iwaku, Shi notamawaku) (calque)
Noun
子曰
- (Sichuanese) reason (Classifier: 個／个)