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Chinese
Etymology
Likely unrelated to Russian тунгус (tungus) and English Tungus. According to Pulleybank (1983), the similarity in the pronunciation of 東胡/东胡 (Dōnghú) and Tungus is coincidental, as the Donghu people were proto-Mongols whose language was not Tungusic.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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東
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胡
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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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dōng
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hú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tuwng ›
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‹ hu ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)
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/*ˁa/
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English
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east
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foreigners in the north
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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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胡
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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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4255
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Phonetic component
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東
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古
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Rime group
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東
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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東
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胡
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Old Chinese
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/*toːŋ/
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/*ɡaː/
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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
東胡
- Donghu (a historical tribal confederation of nomadic people that inhabited present-day northern Hebei, southeastern Inner Mongolia and western Northeast China)
自常山以至代、上黨,東有燕、東胡之境,西有樓煩、秦、韓之邊,而無騎射之備。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
自常山以至代、上党,东有燕、东胡之境,西有楼烦、秦、韩之边,而无骑射之备。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
- Zì Chángshān yǐzhì Dài, Shàngdǎng, dōng yǒu Yān, Dōnghú zhī jìng, xī yǒu Lóufán, Qín, Hán zhī biān, ér wú qíshè zhī bèi.
- From Mount Chang to Dai and Shangdang, our lands border Yan and the Donghu in the east, and to the west we have the Loufan and shared borders with Qin and Han. Nevertheless, we have no mounted archers ready for action.