弒君

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Chinese

murder a superior
monarch; lord; gentleman
monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
 
trad. (弒君)
simp. (弑君)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kun/
Li
Rong
/kiuən/
Wang
Li
/kĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì jūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ syiH › ‹ kjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ək-s/ /*C.qur/
English assassinate lord; ruler

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. 14972 7289
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯɡs/ /*klun/

Verb

弒君

  1. (archaic) to kill the ruler (emperor); to commit regicide; to assassinate a reigning monarch

Noun

弒君

  1. regicide; assassination of a monarch

Derived terms