東南

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See also: 东南

Chinese

east south
trad. (東南) 東 南
simp. (东南) 东 南

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 東 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 德紅切 那含切
Baxter tuwng nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tuŋ/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tuŋ/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tuŋ/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/təwŋ/ /nəm/
Li
Rong 		/tuŋ/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li 		/tuŋ/ /nɒm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tuŋ/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dōng nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dung1 naam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 東 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dōng nán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tuwng › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) /*nˁm/
English east south

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 東 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2435 9355
Phonetic
component 		東 南
Rime
group 		東 侵
Rime
subdivision 		0 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		東 南
Old
Chinese 		/*toːŋ/ /*nuːm/
Notes 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，
參敕字陳字注

Noun

東南

  1. southeast

Coordinate terms

西北 (xīběi) 北 東北 / 东北 (dōngběi)
西 (xī) 東 / 东 (dōng)
西南 (xīnán) 南 東南 / 东南 (dōngnán)


Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (東南):

Proper noun

東南

  1. (～地區) Southeast China (a region of China, centred on Guangdong and Fujian; overlapping with the regions of South Central China and East China)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東 南
とう
Grade: 2 		なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

東(とう)南(なん) • (tōnan) 

  1. southeast

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points) 方角 (hōgaku);
北西 (hokusei)
西北 (seihoku) 		北 (kita) 北東 (hokutō)
東北 (tōhoku)
西 (nishi) 東 (higashi)
西南 (seinan)
南西 (nansei) 		南 (minami) 東南 (tōnan)
南東 (nantō)


References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
東南

Noun

東南 • (dongnam) (hangeul 동남)

  1. hanja form? of 동남 (“southeast”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東南

Noun

東南

  1. chữ Hán form of đông nam (“southeast”).
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