益壽

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Chinese

benefit; increase (long) life
trad. (益壽)
simp. (益寿) 寿

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (25) (25)
Final () (123) (136) (136)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jiek dzyuwX dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇk̚/ /d͡ʑɨuX/ /d͡ʑɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛk̚/ /d͡ʑiuX/ /d͡ʑiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiæk̚/ /d͡ʑiəuX/ /d͡ʑiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiajk̚/ /d͡ʑuwX/ /d͡ʑuwH/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛk̚/ /ʑiuX/ /ʑiuH/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛk̚/ /ʑĭəuX/ /ʑĭəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛk̚/ /ʑi̯ə̯uX/ /ʑi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi shòu shòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jik1 sau6 sau6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shòu shòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjiek › ‹ dzyuwX › ‹ dzyuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*qk/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek) /*uʔ/ /*uʔ-s/
English increase longevity longevity

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. 15081 11707 11709
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qleɡ/ /*djuʔ/ /*djus/

Verb

益壽

  1. to prolong life

Derived terms