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Chinese
Etymology
Uncertain. Attested in the Records of the Great Historian (《史記·大宛列傳》), Book of Han (《漢書·西域傳》), Book of the Later Han (《後漢書·西域傳》), etc. as the name of a state, city, or region in the "Western Regions" (西域, historical locations in Central and Western Asia). Pulleyblank (1999) derives the name from Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia, “Seleucia”) and considers the possibility of reconstructed Old Chinese 條 (OC *l'ɯːw) with initial *sl- rather than simply *l-, as in 修 (OC *slɯw).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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條
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條
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支
|
支
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
tiáo
|
tiáo
|
zhī
|
zhī
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dew ›
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‹ dew ›
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‹ tsye ›
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‹ tsye ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁiw/
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/*lˁiw/
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/*ke/
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/*ke/
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| English
|
arrange
|
branch (n.), shoot (n.)
|
support, hold up
|
branch (of tree), limb
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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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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條
|
支
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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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15466
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17200
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Phonetic
component
|
攸
|
支
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Rime
group
|
幽
|
支
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
迢
|
支
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*l'ɯːw/
|
/*kje/
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Proper noun
條支
- (historical) name of an ancient state or region in Western Asia attested in Chinese historiography (c. 1st–3rd century)