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Chinese
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quiet; secluded
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province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county |
| trad. (幽州)
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幽
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州
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| simp. #(幽州)
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幽
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州
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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幽
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州
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yōu
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zhōu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjiw ›
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‹ tsyuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)iw/
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/*tu/
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| English
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dark; secluded
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islet in stream; province
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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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幽
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州
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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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14620
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17493
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Phonetic
component
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幽
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州
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Rime
group
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幽
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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幽
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周
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯw/
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/*tju/
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| Notes
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甲金文從火從二幺會意火微
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Proper noun
幽州
- (historical) Youzhou (an ancient prefecture in modern China)
- (historical) Youzhou (one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)
See also