索然

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Chinese

to search; to demand; to ask
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
 
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
 
trad. (索然)
simp. #(索然)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial () (16) (38)
Final () (103) (77)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter sak nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɑk̚/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/sɑk̚/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɑk̚/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sak̚/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/sɑk̚/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/sɑk̚/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sɑk̚/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suo rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sok3 jin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 12191 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*slaːɡ/ /*njen/

Adjective

索然

  1. (Classical) crying
  2. (Classical) scattered
  3. (literary) dull; uninteresting; insipid

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (索然):