朽腐

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Chinese

rotten decay; rotten
simp. and trad.
(朽腐)
anagram 腐朽

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (3)
Final () (136) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter xjuwX bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨuX/ /bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiuX/ /bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəuX/ /bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huwX/ /buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/xiuX/ /bioX/
Wang
Li
/xĭəuX/ /bĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯ə̯uX/ /bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau2 fu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjuwX › ‹ bjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰ(r)uʔ/ /*(r)oʔ/
English rot, decay rotten

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 3524
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰluʔ/ /*boʔ/

Verb

朽腐

  1. (literary or Eastern Min) to rot; to decay

Synonyms