文武

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Chinese

language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
martial; military
simp. and trad.
(文武)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (59) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjun mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨun/ /mɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/miun/ /mioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuən/ /mioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mun/ /muə̆X/
Li
Rong
/miuən/ /mioX/
Wang
Li
/mĭuən/ /mĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯uən/ /mi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
man4 mou5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjun › ‹ mjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə/ /*m(r)aʔ/
English ornate military

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. 13015 13184
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯn/ /*maʔ/

Noun

文武

  1. literary and military arts

Proper noun

文武

  1. King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文武):