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Chinese
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bow to the ground; inspect; check
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head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
| trad. (稽首)
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稽
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首
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| simp. #(稽首)
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稽
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首
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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稽
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首
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| Reading #
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4/4
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qǐ
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shǒu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khejX ›
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‹ syuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁijʔ/
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/*l̥uʔ/
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| English
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bow the head to the ground
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head
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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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稽
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首
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/2
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| No.
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17318
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11671
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Phonetic
component
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旨
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首
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Rime
group
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脂
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幽
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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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啓
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首
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰiːʔ/
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/*hljuʔ/
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Verb
稽首
- to qishou, a ritual showing the highest degree of homage and respect (to kneel, put one's hands crossed on the ground, bow, and rest the forehead upon the hands)
甲子昧爽會牧野，前徒倒戈反回旋。若崩厥角齊稽首，血流漂杵脂如泉。
甲子昧爽会牧野，前徒倒戈反回旋。若崩厥角齐稽首，血流漂杵脂如泉。 - From: The Investiture of the Gods, circa 16th century CE
- Jiǎzǐ mèishuǎng huì Mùyě, qiántúdǎogē fǎn huíxuán. Ruòbēngjuéjiǎo qí qíshǒu, xuèliúpiāochǔ zhī rú quán.
- At dawn of the Jiazi day, the armies met at Muye;
The vanguard soon turned their weapons, retreating and defecting.
Like a landslide, all men bowed their foreheads to the ground;
Blood shed enough to float pestles, and grease gushed everywhere resembling springs.