孤兒

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See also: 孤儿 and 孤児

Chinese

lone; lonely son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (孤兒)
simp. (孤儿)

Pronunciation


Note: gu1 ri5 - Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (28) (38)
Final () (23) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ku nye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuo/ /ȵiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuo/ /ȵiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ko/ /ȵʑjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɔ/ /ȵiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ko/ /ȵie/
Wang
Li
/ku/ /ȵʑǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuo/ /ȵʑie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gu1 ji4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ér
Middle
Chinese
‹ ku › ‹ nye ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʷˁa/ /*ŋe/
English orphan child

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 2/2
No. 4347 2757
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaː/ /*ŋje/

Noun

孤兒

  1. orphan (a minor, both of whose parents have died)
  2. orphan (a minor whose father has died)
    孤兒寡母孤儿寡母  ―  gū'ér guǎmǔ  ―  fatherless child and widowed mother

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孤兒):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 孤兒 – see the following entry.
孤児こじ
an orphan
孤児みなしご
an orphan
Alternative spellings
みなし児, 身無し子
(This term, 孤兒, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

孤兒 (goa) (hangeul 고아)

  1. hanja form? of 고아 (orphan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

孤兒

  1. chữ Hán form of cô nhi (orphan).