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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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巫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wū
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ mju ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*C.m(r)/
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| English
|
magician
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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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巫
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覡
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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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13062
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13398
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Phonetic
component
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巫
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覡
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Rime
group
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魚
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錫
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
無
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檄
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ma/
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/*ɡeːɡ/
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| Notes
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|
或雲見亦聲
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Noun
巫覡
- male and female sorcerers and shamans
出戶而巫覡有事，出門而宗祝有事。
出户而巫觋有事，出门而宗祝有事。 - From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
- Chūhù ér wūxí yǒushì, chūmén ér zōngzhù yǒushì.
- When he goes out of the inner door, shamanesses and shamans busy themselves. When he leaves the gate, the master of sacrifices and the invocators busy themselves.
Derived terms
Descendants