皇上

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Chinese

emperor; surname
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
simp. and trad.
(皇上)
anagram 上皇

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (33) (25)
Final () (102) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hwang dzyangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑŋ/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑŋ/ /d͡ʑiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑŋ/ /d͡ʑiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaŋ/ /d͡ʑɨaŋX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ʑiaŋX/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ʑĭaŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑŋ/ /ʑi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huáng shàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 soeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huáng huáng shàng shàng shàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwang › ‹ hwang › ‹ dzyangX › ‹ dzyangX › ‹ dzyangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷˁaŋ/ /*ʷˁaŋ/ /*Cə-daŋʔ/ /*m-daŋʔ/ /*daŋʔ-s/
English yellow and white spotted sovereign ascend to put up top, above (n.)

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 1/2 2/2
No. 12696 11102 11103
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*djaŋʔ/ /*djaŋs/
Notes

Noun

皇上

  1. the emperor
  2. Your Majesty; His Majesty (when directed to an emperor)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皇上):
  • Korean: 황상(皇上) (hwangsang)
  • Vietnamese: hoàng thượng (皇上)

See also