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Chinese
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
simp. and trad.
(生子)
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生
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子
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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生
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生
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子
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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生 (21)
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生 (21)
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精 (13)
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| Final (韻)
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庚 (109)
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庚 (109)
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之 (19)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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II
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II
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III
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| Fanqie
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所庚切
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所敬切
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即里切
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| Baxter
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sraeng
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sraengH
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tsiX
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ʃˠæŋ/
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/ʃˠæŋH/
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/t͡sɨX/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ʃᵚaŋ/
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/ʃᵚaŋH/
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/t͡sɨX/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ʃaŋ/
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/ʃaŋH/
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/t͡sieX/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ʂaɨjŋ/
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/ʂaɨjŋH/
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/t͡sɨX/
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Li
Rong
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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/t͡siəX/
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Wang
Li
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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/t͡sĭəX/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/ʂɐŋ/
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/ʂɐŋH/
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/t͡siX/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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shēng
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shèng
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zǐ
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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sang1
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sang3
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zi2
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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生
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生
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生
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子
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shēng
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shēng
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shēng
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zǐ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ srjæng ›
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‹ tsiX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
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/*sreŋ/
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/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
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/*tsəʔ/
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| English
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bear, be born; live
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fresh, raw
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bear, be born; live
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child; gentleman, master
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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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生
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生
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子
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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11312
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11322
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17857
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Phonetic
component
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生
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生
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子
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Rime
group
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耕
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耕
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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生
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生
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子
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰleːŋ/
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/*sreŋs/
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/*ʔslɯʔ/
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Verb
生子
- (literary) to give birth to a son
Synonyms
Noun
生子
- (Classical) young adult
Japanese
Etymology
This alternative spelling may have arisen as a simplification and are an example of ateji (当て字).
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 生子 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 生子, is an alternative spelling (informal) of the above term.)
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