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Chinese
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withered; dried up
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dry; rotten (as wood)
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simp. and trad. (枯槁)
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枯
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槁
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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枯
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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kū
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khu ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰˁa/
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English
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withered, dried up
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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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枯
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槁
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槁
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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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No.
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4238
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3731
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3738
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Phonetic component
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古
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高
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高
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Rime group
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魚
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宵
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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枯
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暠
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考
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰaː/
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/*kaːwʔ/
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/*kʰaːwʔ/
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Notes
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說文木在下
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Adjective
枯槁
- withered; dried-up
- haggard; languid
Derived terms