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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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玄
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奘
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奘
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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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Initial (聲)
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匣 (33)
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從 (15)
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從 (15)
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Final (韻)
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先 (86)
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唐 (101)
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唐 (101)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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IV
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I
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I
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Fanqie
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胡涓切
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徂朗切
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徂浪切
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Baxter
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hwen
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dzangX
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dzangH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/ɦwen/
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/d͡zɑŋX/
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/d͡zɑŋH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/ɦʷen/
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/d͡zɑŋX/
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/d͡zɑŋH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/ɣuɛn/
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/d͡zɑŋX/
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/d͡zɑŋH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/ɦwɛn/
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/d͡zaŋX/
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/d͡zaŋH/
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Li Rong
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/ɣuen/
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/d͡zɑŋX/
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/d͡zɑŋH/
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Wang Li
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/ɣiwen/
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/d͡zɑŋX/
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/d͡zɑŋH/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/ɣiwen/
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/d͡zʱɑŋX/
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/d͡zʱɑŋH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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xuán
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zàng
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zàng
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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jyun4
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zong6
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zong6
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Proper noun
玄奘
- Xuanzang (Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty)
Synonyms
- 唐三藏 (Tángsānzàng)
- 三藏 (sānzàng)
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
玄奘 • (Genjō) ←げんじやう (Genzyau)?
- Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty
Korean
Proper noun
玄奘 • (Hyeonjang) (hangeul 현장)
- hanja form? of 현장 (“Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
玄奘
- chữ Hán form of Huyền Trang (“Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty”).