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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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烏
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江
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Reading #
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2/3
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wū
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jiāng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔu ›
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‹ kæwng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qˁa/
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/*kˁroŋ/
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English
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crow, raven; black
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(Yangzi) river
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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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江
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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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3995
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Phonetic component
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烏
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工
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Rime group
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魚
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東
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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烏
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江
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Old Chinese
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/*qaː/
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/*kroːŋ/
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Proper noun
烏江
- Wu River (a river in Guizhou, China), a tributary of the Yangtze
- (~鎮) Wujiang Town (name of several towns in China)
- (~縣) Wujiang County (an ancient county in modern-day Anhui, China)