枌榆

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Chinese

(tree) elm
trad. (枌榆)
simp. #(枌榆)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (36)
Final () (59) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjun yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨun/ /jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/biun/ /jio/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuən/ /io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bun/ /juə̆/
Li
Rong
/biuən/ /io/
Wang
Li
/bĭuən/ /jĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uən/ /i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fan4 jyu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ yu ›
Old
Chinese
/*lo/
English elm

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3170 15855
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bɯn/ /*lo/

Noun

枌榆

  1. (literary, archaic) Siberian elm
  2. (historical) Name of the hamlet where Emperor Gaozu of Han was born.
  3. (literary, figurative) hometown; birthplace
    Synonym: 桑梓 (sāngzǐ)