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Chinese
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emperor; surname
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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
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simp. and trad. (皇上)
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皇
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上
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anagram
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上皇
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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皇
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皇
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上
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上
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上
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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huáng
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huáng
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shàng
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shàng
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shàng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ dzyangX ›
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‹ dzyangX ›
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‹ dzyangH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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/*Cə-daŋʔ/
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/*m-daŋʔ/
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/*daŋʔ-s/
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English
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yellow and white spotted
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sovereign
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ascend
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to put up
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top, above (n.)
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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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皇
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上
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上
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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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No.
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12696
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11102
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11103
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Phonetic component
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王
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上
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上
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Rime group
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陽
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陽
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陽
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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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黃
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上
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尚
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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/*djaŋʔ/
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/*djaŋs/
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Notes
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禮王制鄭注冕屬, 金文象羽冠,王聲;或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文
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Noun
皇上
- the emperor
- Your Majesty; His Majesty (when directed to an emperor)
Descendants
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