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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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益
|
友
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| Reading #
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1/1
|
1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yì
|
yǒu
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ʔjiek ›
|
‹ hjuwX ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*qk/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek)
|
/*ʷəʔ/
|
| English
|
increase
|
friend
|
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
|
益
|
友
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
15081
|
15596
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Phonetic
component
|
益
|
又
|
Rime
group
|
錫
|
之
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
益
|
有
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*qleɡ/
|
/*ɢʷɯʔ/
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Noun
益友
- (literary) friend and mentor; helpful friend; wise companion
- (～卦) A combination 四上一中三下 in the Lingqijing.
Derived terms