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Chinese
Etymology
松 (sōng, “pine tree”) and 楸 (qiū, “Catalpa bungei”) used to be trees commonly planted in graveyards, hence becoming a metonym for graves.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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松
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
sōng
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ zjowng ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*sə.ɢoŋ/
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| English
|
pine (n.)
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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
|
松
|
楸
|
| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
|
4115
|
10540
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Phonetic
component
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公
|
秋
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Rime
group
|
東
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
2
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
松
|
秋
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Old
Chinese
|
/*sɢloŋ/
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/*sʰɯw/
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Noun
松楸
- (literary, figurative) grave; tomb
- (literary, figurative) the tombs of one's deceased parents or other relatives