浩然

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Chinese

grand; vast (water)
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
 
trad. (浩然)
simp. #(浩然)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (33) (38)
Final () (89) (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hawX nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑuX/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑuX/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑuX/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦawX/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑuX/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑuX/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑuX/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hào rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou6 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hào rán
Middle
Chinese
‹ hawX › ‹ nyen ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁuʔ/ /*a/
English vast so, thus; (adv suffix)

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. 3810 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡuːʔ/ /*njen/

Adjective

浩然

  1. (literary) grand; vast
  2. (literary) overwhelming; great
  3. (literary) upright and principled

Synonyms

  • (grand): (literary) 皓然 (hàorán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (浩然):