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Chinese
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east
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safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
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trad. (東夷)
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東
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夷
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simp. (东夷)
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东
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夷
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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東
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夷
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夷
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dōng
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yí
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yí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tuwng ›
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‹ yij ›
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‹ yij ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)
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/*ləj/
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/*ləj/
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English
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east
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level, peaceful
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foreigner (especially to the east)
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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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東
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夷
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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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2435
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14862
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Phonetic component
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東
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夷
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Rime group
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東
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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東
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姨
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Old Chinese
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/*toːŋ/
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/*lil/
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Notes
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種(種籽)初文,甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽, 參敕字陳字注
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Proper noun
東夷
- (historical) “Eastern Barbarians” (non-Chinese ethnic groups living to China's east)
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