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Chinese
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
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elegant
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trad. (小雅)
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小
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雅
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simp. #(小雅)
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小
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雅
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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小
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雅
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雅
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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)
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xiǎo
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yǎ
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yǎ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sjewX ›
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‹ ngæX ›
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‹ ngæX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ewʔ/
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/*N-ɢˁraʔ/
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/*ˁraʔ/
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English
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small
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proper, refined
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kind of musical instrument
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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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小
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雅
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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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13705
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14182
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Phonetic component
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小
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牙
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Rime group
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宵
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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小
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雅
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Old Chinese
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/*smewʔ/
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/*ŋraːʔ/
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Notes
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甲金文象沙而指小, 指事字
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Proper noun
小雅
- Lesser Court Hymns (a section of the Classic of Poetry)