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Chinese
Etymology
- “an ancient ethnic group”
- Pulleyblank (1991b) suggested that this term is possibly related to Avars (Etymology 2) according to his reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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烏
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桓
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Reading #
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3/3
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wū
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huán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔu ›
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‹ hwan ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔˁa/
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/*ɦʷˁar/ (< *ʷˁar)
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English
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烏桓, 烏丸 Wūhuán: Avars (W. Hàn)
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烏桓 Wūhuán: Avars (W. Hàn)
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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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烏
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桓
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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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13077
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14004
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Phonetic component
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烏
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亘
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Rime group
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魚
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元
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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烏
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桓
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Old Chinese
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/*qaː/
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/*ɡʷaːn/
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Proper noun
烏桓
- Wuhuan, an ancient ethnic group in China
- (~山), Mount Wuhuan (a mountain in north of Ar Horqin Banner, Inner Mongolia, China)
Japanese
Etymology
From Chinese 烏桓/乌桓 (Wūhuán).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
烏桓 • (Ugan) ←うぐわん (Ugwan)?
- Wuhuan, an ancient ethnic group in China
Korean
Proper noun
烏桓 • (Ohwan) (hangeul 오환)
- hanja form? of 오환 (“Wuhuan, an ancient ethnic group in China”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
烏桓
- chữ Hán form of Ô Hoàn (“Wuhuan, an ancient ethnic group in China”).