祥瑞

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Chinese

auspicious; propitious
lucky; auspicious; propitious
lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
 
simp. and trad.
(祥瑞)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (17) (25)
Final () (105) (12)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zjang dzyweH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/zɨɐŋ/ /d͡ʑiuᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ziɐŋ/ /d͡ʑʷiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ziɑŋ/ /d͡ʑjuɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zɨaŋ/ /d͡ʑwiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/ziaŋ/ /ʑiueH/
Wang
Li
/zĭaŋ/ /ʑǐweH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/zi̯aŋ/ /ʑwie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiáng shuì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng4 seoi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiáng ruì
Middle
Chinese
‹ zjang › ‹ dzyweH ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.ɢaŋ/ /*or-s/
English auspicious jade tablet

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. 14528 2499
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ljaŋ/ /*djols/

Noun

祥瑞

  1. auspicious sign

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祥瑞):
  • Japanese: 祥瑞(しょうずい) (shōzui)
  • Korean: 상서(祥瑞) (sangseo)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: S
ずい
Jinmeiyō
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
祥瑞 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(しょう)(ずい) (shōzuiしやうずい (syauzui)?

  1. auspicious sign

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
しょん
Grade: S
ずい
Jinmeiyō
tōon goon
Alternative spelling
祥瑞 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(しょん)(ずい) (shonzui

  1. a kind of Jingdezhen blue-and-white porcelain from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

祥瑞 (sangseo) (hangeul 상서)

  1. hanja form? of 상서 (a lucky omen, a happy augury)