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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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糟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
zāo
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tsaw ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁu/
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| English
|
dregs
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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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糟
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糠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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1150
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3983
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Phonetic
component
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曹
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庚
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Rime
group
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幽
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
糟
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康
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔsluː/
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/*kʰlaːŋ/
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| Notes
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|
俗同穅
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Noun
糟糠
- distiller's grains and grain husk; chaff and bran; foodstuffs for the poor; frugal meals
- (figurative) Short for 糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī, “wife who has shared her husband's hard lot”).
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
糟糠 • (sōkō) ←さうかう (saukau)?
- (literally) sake lees and rice bran
- something worthless
Derived terms
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
糟糠 • (jogang) (hangeul 조강)
- hanja form? of 조강