炎帝

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Chinese

flame; inflammation; ‑itis emperor
trad. (炎帝) 炎 帝
simp. #(炎帝) 炎 帝

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 炎 帝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 鹽 (154) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 于廉切 都計切
Baxter hjem tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠiᴇm/ /teiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚiɛm/ /teiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiæm/ /tɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦjiam/ /tɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣjɛm/ /teiH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭɛm/ /tieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛm/ /tieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yán dì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jim4 dai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 炎 帝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yán dì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjem › ‹ tejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷ(r)am/ /*tˁek-s/
English burn, blazing God

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 炎 帝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14315 2313
Phonetic
component 		炎 帝
Rime
group 		談 賜
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		炎 帝
Old
Chinese 		/*ɦlam/ /*teːɡs/
Notes 甲金文象根啇非朿聲

Proper noun

炎帝

  1. (Chinese mythology) the Yan Emperor, also known as Shennong, a legendary Chinese ruler in pre-dynastic times

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (炎帝):
  • → Japanese: 炎帝(えんてい) (entei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炎 帝
えん
Grade: S 		てい
Grade: S
on'yomi
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Etymology

From Middle Chinese 炎帝 (MC hjem tejH).

Pronunciation

Noun

炎(えん)帝(てい) • (entei) 

  1. a fire deity (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  2. a summer deity (the sun, for example) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Derived terms

Proper noun

炎(えん)帝(てい) • (Entei) 

  1. (Chinese mythology) the Yan Emperor, also known as 神農 (Shinnō, “Shennong”), a legendary Chinese ruler in pre-dynastic times

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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