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Chinese
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statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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simp. and trad. (臣子)
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臣
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子
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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臣
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子
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Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chén
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zǐ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzyin ›
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‹ tsiX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*i/
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/*tsəʔ/
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English
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slave, subject
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child; gentleman, master
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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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臣
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子
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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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1342
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17857
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Phonetic component
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臣
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子
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Rime group
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眞
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之
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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辰
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子
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡiŋ/
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/*ʔslɯʔ/
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Notes
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甲文臧象以戈刺目爲奴, 省戈表不刺者則爲臣, 專指役使於家內者
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Noun
臣子
- minister; statesman; official (in feudal society)
Synonyms