宇文

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Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (宇文)		宇	文

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǔwén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ú-bûn / Í-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǔwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yǔwún
  - Wade–Giles: Yü³-wên²
  - Yale: Yǔ-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeuwen
  - Palladius: Юйвэнь (Jujvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ man⁴
  - Yale: yúh màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ú-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: Ú-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: w'buun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: Í-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y'buun
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

Middle Chinese: hjuX mjun

Rime
Character	宇	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	王矩切	無分切
Baxter	hjuX	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨo^X/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦio^X/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣio^X/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆^X/	/mun/
Li Rong	/ɣio^X/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/ɣĭu^X/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u^X/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁵	man⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷ(r)aʔ mə/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaʔ mɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宇	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǔ	wén
Middle Chinese	‹ hju^X ›	‹ mjun ›
Old Chinese	/*ʷ(r)aʔ/	/*mə/
English	eaves	ornate
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	宇	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15719	13015
Phonetic component	于	文
Rime group	魚	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	羽	文
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaʔ/	/*mɯn/

Proper noun

宇文

a surname from Xianbei

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