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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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柔
|
然
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
róu
|
rán
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyuw ›
|
‹ nyen ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*nu/
|
/*a/
|
| English
|
soft
|
so, thus; (adv suffix)
|
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)
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| Character
|
柔
|
然
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
8825
|
10756
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Phonetic
component
|
矛
|
肰
|
Rime
group
|
幽
|
元
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
2
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
柔
|
然
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*mlju/
|
/*njen/
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Proper noun
柔然
- Rouran (an ancient ethnic group in China)
- Rouran (the extinct language of the Rouran people)
Synonyms
- 檀檀 (Tántán)
- 皇芮 (Huángruì)
- 芮芮 (Ruìruì)
- 茹茹 (Rúrú)
- 蝚蠕 (Róurú)
- 蠕蠕 (Ruǎnruǎn)
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
柔然 • (Jūzen)
- Rouran
Korean
Proper noun
柔然 • (Yuyeon) (hangeul 유연)
- Hanja form? of 유연 (“Rouran”).
Vietnamese
Proper noun
柔然
- chữ Hán form of Nhu Nhiên (“Rouran”).
