正朔

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Chinese

just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
beginning; first day of lunar month
trad. (正朔)
simp. #(正朔)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (23) (21)
Final () (121) (10)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter tsyeng sraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/ /ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/ /ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiæŋ/ /ʃɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciajŋ/ /ʂaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/ /ʃɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/ /ʃɔk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/ /ʂɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēng shuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing1 sok3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhēng shuò
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyeng › ‹ sræwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.teŋ/ /*s-ŋrak/
English 1st (month) 1st day of month

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 # 1/2 1/1
No. 17171 9468
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjeŋ/ /*sŋraːɡ/
Notes

Noun

正朔

  1. the first day of the first month (in the lunar calendar)
  2. (historical) calendar system promulgated by the emperor whenever a new dynasty was established; (by extension) calendar
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