曉然

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Chinese

dawn; to know; to tell (someone something)
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
 
trad. (曉然)
simp. (晓然)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (38)
Final () (93) (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter xewX nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/heuX/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/heuX/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/xeuX/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɛwX/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/xeuX/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/xieuX/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xieuX/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǎo rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hiu2 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiǎo rán
Middle
Chinese
‹ xewX › ‹ nyen ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰˁewʔ/ /*a/
English understand so, thus; (adv suffix)

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. 14699 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hŋeːwʔ/ /*njen/

Adjective

曉然

  1. (literary) clear; evident