耵聹

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (耵聹)
simp. (耵聍)

Etymology

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (5) (8) (8)
Final () (125) (125) (125)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter tengX neng nengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/teŋX/ /neŋ/ /neŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/teŋX/ /neŋ/ /neŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛŋX/ /nɛŋ/ /nɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛjŋX/ /nɛjŋ/ /nɛjŋX/
Li
Rong
/teŋX/ /neŋ/ /neŋX/
Wang
Li
/tieŋX/ /nieŋ/ /nieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tieŋX/ /nieŋ/ /nieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dǐng níng nǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ding2 ning4 ning5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 2388 9559 9560
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
𩕳
Old
Chinese
/*teːŋʔ/ /*neːŋ/ /*neːŋʔ/
Notes

Noun

耵聹

  1. (literary or formal) earwax; cerumen

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