白骨

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Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
bone
trad. (白骨)
simp. #(白骨)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (28)
Final () (113) (56)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter baek kwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /kuət̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /kuot̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /kuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /kwət̚/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /kuət̚/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /kuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /kuət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 gwat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bái
Middle
Chinese
‹ bæk › ‹ kwot ›
Old
Chinese
/*bˁrak/ /*kˁut/
English white bone

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 207 4321
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*braːɡ/ /*kuːd/
Notes

Noun

白骨

  1. bones of the dead

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白骨):