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Chinese
mulberry tree
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (桑土 )
桑
土
simp. # (桑土 )
桑
土
anagram
土桑
Pronunciation 1
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
桑
土
Reading #
1/1
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
sāng
tǔ
Middle Chinese
‹ sang ›
‹ thuX ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁaŋ/
/*tʰˁaʔ/
English
mulberry tree
earth
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
桑
土
Reading #
1/1
1/2
No.
10980
12499
Phonetic component
桑
土
Rime group
陽
魚
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
桑
土
Old Chinese
/*sŋaːŋ/
/*l̥ʰaːʔ/
Noun
桑土
mulberry field
桑土 既 蠶 ,是 降 丘 宅土 。 桑土 既 蚕 ,是 降 丘 宅土 。 From: The Book of Documents , circa 4th – 3rd century BCE , translated based on James Legge 's versionSāngtǔ jì cán, shì jiàng qiū zhái tǔ. The mulberry grounds were made fit for silkworms, and then (the people) came down from the heights, and occupied the grounds (below).
桑土 既 蠶 ,於是 民 得 下 丘 居 土 。 桑土 既 蚕 ,于是 民 得 下 丘 居 土 。 From: The Records of the Grand Historian , by Sima Qian , c. 91 BCE , translated based on Herbert J. Allen's versionSāngtǔ jì cán, yúshì mín dé xià qiū jū tǔ. The mulberry region was supplied with silkworms, and then the people came down from the heights and occupied it.
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
桑
土
Reading #
1/1
2/2
No.
10980
12503
Phonetic component
桑
土
Rime group
陽
魚
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
桑
杜
Old Chinese
/*sŋaːŋ/
/*l'aːʔ/
Noun
桑土
( obsolete ) mulberry root
迨 天 之 未 陰雨 、徹 彼 桑土 、綢繆 牖戶 。 迨 天 之 未 阴雨 、彻 彼 桑土 、绸缪 牖户 。 From: The Classic of Poetry , c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE , translated based on James Legge 's versionDài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù , chóumóu yǒuhù. Before the sky was dark with rain, I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree , And bound round and round my window and door.
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