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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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自
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自
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今
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
zì
|
zì
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jīn
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzijH ›
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‹ dzijH ›
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‹ kim ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*s.i-s/
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/*s.i-s/
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/*rm/
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| English
|
self (adv.)
|
to follow; from
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now
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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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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自
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今
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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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17879
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6599
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Phonetic
component
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自
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今
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Rime
group
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至
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
自
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金
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ɦljids/
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/*krɯm/
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| Notes
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文源謂含初文
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Adverb
自今
- (literary) from now on; henceforth
自今以始，歲其有。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
自今以始，岁其有。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zìjīn yǐ shǐ, suì qí yǒu.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
今而後知不足，自今請雖吾家，聽子而行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
今而后知不足，自今请虽吾家，听子而行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Jīn ér hòu zhī bùzú, zìjīn qǐng suī wú jiā, tīng zǐ ér xíng.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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