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Chinese
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gift; propriety; rite
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music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
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trad. (禮樂)
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禮
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樂
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simp. (礼乐)
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礼
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乐
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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禮
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樂
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Reading #
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1/1
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4/4
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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lǐ
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yuè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ lejX ›
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‹ ngæwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁijʔ/
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/*ˁrawk/
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English
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propriety, ceremony
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music
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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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禮
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樂
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Reading #
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1/1
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3/3
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No.
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7839
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7683
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Phonetic component
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豊
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樂
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Rime group
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脂
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藥
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Rime subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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禮
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嶽
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Old Chinese
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/*riːʔ/
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/*ŋraːwɢ/
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Noun
禮樂
- (historical, Confucianism) rites and music
- 禮樂時代/礼乐时代 ― lǐyuè shídài ― age of rites and music (i.e. the Zhou dynasty, especially Western Zhou)
Derived terms