昔日

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Chinese

past; former
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
simp. and trad.
(昔日) 		昔 日

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 昔 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 昔 (123) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 思積切 人質切
Baxter sjek nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siᴇk̚/ /ȵiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɛk̚/ /ȵit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/siæk̚/ /ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/siajk̚/ /ȵit̚/
Li
Rong 		/siɛk̚/ /ȵiĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sĭɛk̚/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si̯ɛk̚/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xi rì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1 jat6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 昔 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xī rì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjek › ‹ nyit ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Ak/ /*C.nik/
English in the past sun; day

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 昔 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13309 10845
Phonetic
component 		昔 日
Rime
group 		鐸 質
Rime
subdivision 		0 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		昔 日
Old
Chinese 		/*sjaːɡ/ /*njiɡ/

Noun

昔日

  1. (literary) the old days; the past

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia