朽木

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Chinese

rotten tree; wood
simp. and trad.
(朽木)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (4)
Final () (136) (3)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter xjuwX muwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨuX/ /muk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiuX/ /muk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəuX/ /muk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huwX/ /məwk̚/
Li
Rong
/xiuX/ /muk̚/
Wang
Li
/xĭəuX/ /muk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xi̯ə̯uX/ /muk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau2 muk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjuwX › ‹ muwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰ(r)uʔ/ /*C.mˁok/
English rot, decay tree, wood

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. 7412 9327
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰluʔ/ /*moːɡ/

Noun

朽木

  1. rotten wood
  2. (figurative) hopeless case; good-for-nothing

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くち
Grade: S

Grade: 1

Proper noun

(くち)() (Kuchiki

  1. a surname