禿髮

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Chinese

bald; blunt hair
trad. (禿髮) 禿
simp. (秃发)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character 禿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (1)
Final () (3) (68)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thuwk pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuk̚/ /pʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuk̚/ /pʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰuk̚/ /piuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəwk̚/ /puat̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰuk̚/ /piuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰuk̚/ /pĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰuk̚/ /pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tu fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tuk1 faat3

Etymology 1

Noun

禿髮

  1. () baldness; alopecia

Etymology 2

From Xianbei. Compare Mongolian ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel).

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Proper noun

禿髮

  1. a surname from Xianbei
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