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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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朽
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木
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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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xiǔ
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mù
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ xjuwX ›
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‹ muwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
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/*C.mˁok/
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| English
|
rot, decay
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tree, wood
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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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朽
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木
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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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7412
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9327
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Phonetic
component
|
丂
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木
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Rime
group
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幽
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屋
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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朽
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木
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Old
Chinese
|
/*qʰluʔ/
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/*moːɡ/
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Noun
朽木
- rotten wood
朽木不可雕也，糞土之牆不可杇也！于予與何誅？
朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙不可杇也！于予与何诛？ - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xiǔmù bùkě diāo yě, fèntǔ zhī qiáng bùkě wū yě! Yú Yǔ yǔ hé zhū?
- Rotten wood cannot be carved; a wall of dirty earth will not receive the trowel. This Yu! - what is the use of my reproving him?
- (figurative) hopeless case; good-for-nothing
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
Proper noun
朽木 • (Kuchiki)
- a surname