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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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張
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掖
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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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zhāng
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yè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trjang ›
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‹ yek ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.traŋ/
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/*(r)Ak/
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English
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draw a bow
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armpit
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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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張
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掖
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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No.
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1259
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15001
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Phonetic component
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長
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亦
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Rime group
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陽
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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張
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繹
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Old Chinese
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/*taŋ/
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/*laːɡ/
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Proper noun
張掖
- (~市) Zhangye (a prefecture-level city in Gansu, China)
- (historical) (~郡) Zhangye Commandery (a commandery of the Han dynasty)
Descendants