犍為

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Chinese

bullock
 
because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (犍為/犍爲) /
simp. (犍为)
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Pronunciation


Note: Not pronounced as Jiānwéi.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial () (30) (35)
Final () (79) (14)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gjen hjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiᴇn/ /ɦˠiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiɛn/ /ɦʷᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiæn/ /ɣiuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gian/ /ɦjwiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɡjɛn/ /ɣjue/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɛn/ /ɣǐwe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɛn/ /wie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kin4 wai4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwe ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷ(r)aj/
English make, do, act as

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 1/2
No. 6209
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡran/ /*ɢʷal/
Notes

Proper noun

犍為

  1. () Qianwei County (a county of Leshan, Sichuan, China)