為政

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Chinese

because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
 
political; politics; government
trad. (為政/爲政) /
simp. (为政)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (35) (23)
Final () (14) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwe tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠiuᴇ/ /t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚiɛ/ /t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɛ/ /t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦjwiə̆/ /ciajŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɣjue/ /t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɣǐwe/ /t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/wie̯/ /t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi zhèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai4 zing3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wéi zhèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwe › ‹ tsyengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷ(r)aj/ /*teŋ-s/
English make, do, act as government

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. 17177
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷal/ /*tjeŋs/
Notes

Verb

為政

  1. (literary) to administer affairs of the state; to participate in politics

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (為政):
  • Japanese: ()(せい) (isei)
  • Korean: 위정(爲政) (wijeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
せい
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
爲政 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(せい) (iseiゐせい (wisei)?

  1. (literary) administering affairs of the state; participating in politics

Derived terms

References

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