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Chinese
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in the wrong; in vain
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law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
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simp. and trad. (枉法)
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枉
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法
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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枉
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法
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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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wǎng
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fǎ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔjwangX ›
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‹ pjop ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʷaŋʔ/
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/*ap/
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English
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crooked; depraved
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model, law
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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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枉
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法
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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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12759
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2867
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Phonetic component
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往
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法
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Rime group
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陽
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盍
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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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枉
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法
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Old Chinese
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/*qʷaŋʔ/
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/*pqab/
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Notes
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說文灋省文
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Verb
枉法
- to distort and break the law
Derived terms