樂土

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Chinese

happy land
trad. (樂土)
simp. (乐土)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/3 1/2
Initial () (37) (6)
Final () (103) (23)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter lak thuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑk̚/ /tʰuoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑk̚/ /tʰuoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑk̚/ /tʰoX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lak̚/ /tʰɔX/
Li
Rong
/lɑk̚/ /tʰoX/
Wang
Li
/lɑk̚/ /tʰuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑk̚/ /tʰuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lok6 tou2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/4 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ lak › ‹ thuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁawk/ /*tʰˁaʔ/
English joy; enjoy 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
Reading # 2/3 1/2
No. 7673 12499
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːwɢ/ /*l̥ʰaːʔ/

Noun

樂土

  1. land of happiness; paradise

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
らく
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 樂土 – see the following entry.
楽土らくど
Paradise
(This term, 樂土, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)