宗室

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Chinese

school; sect; purpose
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
 
room
trad. (宗室)
simp. #(宗室)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (26)
Final () (5) (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tsowng syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suoŋ/ /ɕiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡suoŋ/ /ɕit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡soŋ/ /ɕjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sawŋ/ /ɕit̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡soŋ/ /ɕiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡suoŋ/ /ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡suoŋ/ /ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zōng shi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung1 sat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zōng shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsowng › ‹ syit ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁuŋ/ /*s.ti/
English ancestral temple chamber; house

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 1/1
No. 17892 17374
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsuːŋ/ /*hliɡ/

Noun

宗室

  1. (historical) imperial clan
  2. (historical) member of the imperial clan; clansman

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宗室):

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

宗室

  1. (historical) chữ Hán form of tông thất (a member of the imperial clan)

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