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Chinese
Etymology
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 1 (《詩經·周南·關雎》):
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
窈
|
窕
|
淑
|
女
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
影 (34)
|
定 (7)
|
常 (25)
|
娘 (12)
|
| Final (韻)
|
蕭 (93)
|
蕭 (93)
|
屋 (4)
|
魚 (22)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
|
Rising (X)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Rising (X)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
IV
|
IV
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
烏皎切
|
徒了切
|
殊六切
|
尼吕切
|
| Baxter
|
'ewX
|
dewX
|
dzyuwk
|
nrjoX
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ʔeuX/
|
/deuX/
|
/d͡ʑɨuk̚/
|
/ɳɨʌX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ʔeuX/
|
/deuX/
|
/d͡ʑiuk̚/
|
/ɳiɔX/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ʔeuX/
|
/deuX/
|
/d͡ʑiuk̚/
|
/niɔX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ʔɛwX/
|
/dɛwX/
|
/d͡ʑuwk̚/
|
/ɳɨə̆X/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ʔeuX/
|
/deuX/
|
/ʑiuk̚/
|
/niɔX/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ieuX/
|
/dieuX/
|
/ʑĭuk̚/
|
/nĭoX/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ʔieuX/
|
/dʱieuX/
|
/ʑi̯uk̚/
|
/ni̯woX/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
yǎo
|
diào
|
shú
|
nǚ
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
jiu2
|
diu6
|
suk6
|
neoi5
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
窈
|
窕
|
淑
|
女
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yǎo
|
tiǎo
|
shū
|
nǚ
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ʔewX ›
|
‹ dewX ›
|
‹ dzyuwk ›
|
‹ nrjoX ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔˁwʔ/
|
/*lˁwʔ/
|
/*iwk/
|
/*nraʔ/
|
| English
|
ʔewX-dewX hidden; deep
|
窈窕 beautiful
|
fine, good
|
female
|
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
|
窈
|
窕
|
淑
|
女
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
| No.
|
15634
|
16893
|
11756
|
9616
|
Phonetic
component
|
幼
|
兆
|
尗
|
女
|
Rime
group
|
幽
|
宵
|
覺
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
|
窕
|
熟
|
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*qiːwʔ/
|
/*l'eːwʔ/
|
/*ɦljɯwɢ/
|
/*naʔ/
|
Idiom
窈窕淑女
- virtuous and beautiful girl
Korean
Noun
窈窕淑女 • (yojosungnyeo) (hangeul 요조숙녀)
- hanja form? of 요조숙녀 (“reserved and beautiful young woman”)