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Chinese
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river
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north
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| trad. (河北)
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河
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北
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| simp. #(河北)
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河
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北
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| anagram
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北河
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| Literally: “north of the river”.
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Etymology
- “Hebei”
- So named as it lies on the north of the Yellow River.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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河
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北
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hé
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běi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ha ›
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‹ pok ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁaj/
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/*pˁək/
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| English
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river
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north
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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河
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北
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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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7459
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414
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Phonetic
component
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可
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北
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Rime
group
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歌
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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何
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北
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡaːl/
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/*pɯːɡ/
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Proper noun
河北
- (～省) Hebei (a province of China; capital: Shijiazhuang)
- (～區) Hebei (a district of Tianjin, China)
- (historical) region north of the Yellow River
- (～市) Kahoku (a city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)
Coordinate terms
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
Proper noun
河北 • (Kahoku)
- Hebei (a province of China; capital: Shijiazhuang)
- a place name, such as that of Kahoku Town in Yamagata Prefecture
Korean
Proper noun
河北 • (Habuk) (hangeul 하북)
- Hanja form? of 하북 (“Hebei”).
Vietnamese
Proper noun
河北
- chữ Hán form of Hà Bắc (“Hebei”).
