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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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灑
|
灑
|
掃
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| Reading #
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1/4
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4/4
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1/2
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| Initial (聲)
|
生 (21)
|
生 (21)
|
心 (16)
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| Final (韻)
|
支 (13)
|
支 (13)
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豪 (89)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
|
Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
|
Open
|
Open
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| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
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I
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| Fanqie
|
所綺切
|
所寄切
|
蘇老切
|
| Baxter
|
srjeX
|
srjeH
|
sawX
|
| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ʃˠiᴇX/
|
/ʃˠiᴇH/
|
/sɑuX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ʃᵚiɛX/
|
/ʃᵚiɛH/
|
/sɑuX/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ʃiɛX/
|
/ʃiɛH/
|
/sɑuX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ʂjiə̆X/
|
/ʂjiə̆H/
|
/sawX/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ʃjeX/
|
/ʃjeH/
|
/sɑuX/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ʃǐeX/
|
/ʃǐeH/
|
/sɑuX/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ʂie̯X/
|
/ʂie̯H/
|
/sɑuX/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
shǐ
|
shì
|
sǎo
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
si2
|
si3
|
sou2
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
灑
|
灑
|
掃
|
| Reading #
|
1/4
|
4/4
|
1/2
|
| No.
|
7904
|
7935
|
10985
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Phonetic
component
|
丽
|
丽
|
掃
|
Rime
group
|
歌
|
歌
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幽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
灑
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屣
|
㛮
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*sreːlʔ/
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/*srels/
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/*suːʔ/
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| Notes
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|
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同埽
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Verb
灑掃
- (literary) to sprinkle water and sweep the floor
凡內外：雞初鳴，咸盥漱。衣服，斂枕簟。灑掃室堂及庭。布席，各從其事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
凡内外：鸡初鸣，咸盥漱。衣服，敛枕簟。洒扫室堂及庭。布席，各从其事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Fán nèiwài: jī chū míng, xián guàn shù. Yīfú, liǎn zhěn diàn. Sǎsǎo shì táng jí tíng. Bù xí, gè cóng qí shì.
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見其庭宇有諸糞穢，掬除灑掃，塗香散花，更采青蓮，重布其地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
见其庭宇有诸粪秽，掬除洒扫，涂香散花，更采青莲，重布其地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 646 AD, 玄奘 (Xuanzang), 辯機 (Bianji), 《大唐西域記·卷三·八國·呾叉始羅國》 (Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, Chapter 3, Taxila)
- Jiàn qí tíngyǔ yǒu zhū fènhuì, jū chú sǎsǎo, tú xiāng sàn huā, gèng cǎi qīnglián, chóng bù qí dì.
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