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孤塗 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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孤
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塗
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塗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
gū
|
tú
|
tú
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ku ›
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‹ du ›
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‹ du ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*kʷˁa/
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/*lˁa/
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/*lˁa/
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| English
|
orphan
|
to plaster
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road
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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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孤
|
塗
|
塗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4347
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15751
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15774
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Phonetic
component
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瓜
|
余
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余
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Rime
group
|
魚
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魚
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
孤
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𡨀
|
徒
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Old
Chinese
|
/*kʷaː/
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/*rlaː/
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/*l'aː/
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| Notes
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|
今作搽
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Noun
孤塗
- (historical) the Xiongnu word for "son"
匈奴謂天為「撐犁」，謂子為「孤塗」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
匈奴谓天为「撑犁」，谓子为「孤涂」。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Xiōngnú wèi tiān wèi “chēnglí”, wèi zǐ wèi “gūtú”.
- The Xiongnu term "heaven" "tengri", and term "son" "gutu".