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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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爭
|
鋒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
zhēng
|
fēng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tsrɛng ›
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‹ phjowng ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁreŋ/ (~ *m-tsˁreŋ or *mə- tsˁreŋ)
|
/*pʰ(r)oŋ/
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| English
|
strife, quarrel
|
point of a weapon
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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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
爭
|
鋒
|
| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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17142
|
3227
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Phonetic
component
|
争
|
丰
|
Rime
group
|
耕
|
東
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
爭
|
峯
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔsreːŋ/
|
/*pʰoŋ/
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Verb
爭鋒
- (literary) to fight to decide a winner
Descendants