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Chinese
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white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
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bone
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trad. (白骨)
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白
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骨
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simp. #(白骨)
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白
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骨
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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白
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骨
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bái
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gǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ bæk ›
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‹ kwot ›
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Old Chinese
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/*bˁrak/
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/*kˁut/
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English
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white
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bone
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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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白
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骨
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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207
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4321
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Phonetic component
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白
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骨
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Rime group
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鐸
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物
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Rime subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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白
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骨
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Old Chinese
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/*braːɡ/
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/*kuːd/
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Notes
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冎亦聲
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Noun
白骨
- bones of the dead
Derived terms
Descendants