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Chinese
Etymology
子在陳，曰：「歸與！歸與！吾黨之小子狂簡，斐然成章，不知所以裁之！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子在陈，曰：「归与！归与！吾党之小子狂简，斐然成章，不知所以裁之！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ zài Chén, yuē: “Guī yú! Guī yú! Wúdǎng zhī xiǎozǐ kuángjiǎn, fěirán chéngzhāng, bùzhī suǒyǐ cáizhī!”
- When the Master was in Chen, he said, "Let me return! Let me return! The little children of my school are ambitious and too hasty. They are accomplished and complete so far, but they do not know how to restrict and shape themselves."
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
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狂
|
簡
|
簡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
kuáng
|
jiǎn
|
jiǎn
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ gjwang ›
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‹ kɛnX ›
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‹ kɛnX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*aŋ/
|
/*kˁreʔ/
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/*kˁreʔ/
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| English
|
mad, reckless
|
bamboo slip for writing
|
select, large-minded, etc.
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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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狂
|
簡
|
| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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12732
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6227
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Phonetic
component
|
王
|
閒
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Rime
group
|
陽
|
元
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
2
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
狂
|
簡
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɡʷaŋ/
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/*kreːnʔ/
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Adjective
狂簡
- (literary, obsolete) ambitious but uncultivated; highly motivated but lacking discernment