形勝

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Chinese

to appear; to look; form
to appear; to look; form; shape
 
victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (形勝)
simp. (形胜)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (33) (26)
Final () (125) (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter heng syingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦeŋ/ /ɕɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦeŋ/ /ɕɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛŋ/ /ɕieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛjŋ/ /ɕiŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɣeŋ/ /ɕiəŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɣieŋ/ /ɕĭəŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣieŋ/ /ɕi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xíng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jing4 sing3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xíng shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ heng › ‹ syingH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁeŋ/ /*l̥əŋ-s/
English form, shape overcome; surpass

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 2/2
No. 6862 17128
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡeːŋ/ /*hljɯŋs/

Adjective

形勝

  1. (literary, of terrain) precipitous and located in a superior and strategic position
  2. (literary, of mountains and rivers) majestic and beautiful; magnificent

Noun

形勝

  1. (literary) place that is precipitous and strategically located

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 3
kan'on

Noun

(けい)(しょう) (keishō

  1. scenic beauty