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Chinese
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loyal
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letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
simp. and trad.
(忠信)
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忠
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信
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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忠
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信
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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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zhōng
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xìn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ trjuwng ›
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‹ sinH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*truŋ/
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/*s-ni-s/
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| English
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loyal
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truthful
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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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忠
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信
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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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17408
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13849
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Phonetic
component
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中
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信
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Rime
group
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終
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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中
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信
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Old
Chinese
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/*tuŋ/
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/*hljins/
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| Notes
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金文或從人從口，
本指操信符傳言之信使，
故表可信，或從言身聲
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Adjective
忠信
- faithful and honest; loyal and sincere
君子進德脩業，忠信所以進德也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
君子进德修业，忠信所以进德也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Jūnzǐ jìndé xiūyè, zhōngxìn suǒyǐ jìndé yě.
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孝敬忠信為吉德，盜賊藏姦為凶德。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
孝敬忠信为吉德，盗贼藏奸为凶德。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Xiàojìng zhōngxìn wéi jídé, dàozéi cángjiān wéi xiōngdé.
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人之行己，莫大於孝悌忠信。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1407
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及其暇日，申之以孝悌忠信，使國人知親上死長之義。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 1469, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, Peripheral Records volume 4, in 孫曉 (Sun Xiao), chief editor, 《標點校勘本大越史記全書》, →ISBN, page 94
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