祿位

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Chinese

good fortune; official salary
position; location; (measure word for persons)
position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
 
trad. (祿位) 祿
simp. (禄位)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 祿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (35)
Final () (3) (18)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter luwk hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luk̚/ /ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/luk̚/ /ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/luk̚/ /ɣiuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləwk̚/ /ɦjwiH/
Li
Rong
/luk̚/ /ɣjuiH/
Wang
Li
/luk̚/ /ɣwiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/luk̚/ /wiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
luk6 wai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 祿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ luwk › ‹ hwijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁok/ /*ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English blessing standing, position

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 祿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8541 7865
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*roːɡ/ /*ɢʷrɯbs/

Noun

祿位

  1. (literary) salary and peerage; official salary and position
    1. (literary, specifically) official position

Synonyms

  • (official position):