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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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自
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古
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以
|
來
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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從 (15)
|
見 (28)
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以 (36)
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來 (37)
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| Final (韻)
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脂 (15)
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模 (23)
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之 (19)
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咍 (41)
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| Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
|
III
|
I
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III
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I
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| Fanqie
|
疾二切
|
公戸切
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羊己切
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洛哀切
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| Baxter
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dzijH
|
kuX
|
yiX
|
loj
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| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/d͡ziɪH/
|
/kuoX/
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/jɨX/
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/lʌi/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/d͡ziH/
|
/kuoX/
|
/jɨX/
|
/ləi/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/d͡zjɪH/
|
/koX/
|
/ieX/
|
/lɒi/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/d͡ziH/
|
/kɔX/
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/jɨX/
|
/ləj/
|
Li
Rong
|
/d͡ziH/
|
/koX/
|
/iəX/
|
/lᴀi/
|
Wang
Li
|
/d͡ziH/
|
/kuX/
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/jĭəX/
|
/lɒi/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/d͡zʱiH/
|
/kuoX/
|
/iX/
|
/lɑ̆i/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
zì
|
gǔ
|
yǐ
|
lái
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
zi6
|
gu2
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ji5
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loi4
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
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自
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古
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以
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來
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
|
1/1
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2/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
zì
|
gǔ
|
yǐ
|
lái
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzijH ›
|
‹ kuX ›
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‹ yiX ›
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‹ loj ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*s.i-s/
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/*kˁaʔ/
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/*ləʔ/
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/*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə)
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| English
|
to follow; from
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ancient
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take, use
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come
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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)
|
| Character
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自
|
古
|
以
|
來
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
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1/1
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1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
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17879
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4219
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14929
|
7598
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Phonetic
component
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自
|
古
|
以
|
來
|
Rime
group
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至
|
魚
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之
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之
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
自
|
古
|
以
|
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɦljids/
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/*kaːʔ/
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/*lɯʔ/
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/*m·rɯːɡ/
|
Adverb
自古以來
- from time immemorial; since ancient times
Synonyms
- 古來 / 古来 (gǔlái) (literary)
- 古往今来 (gǔwǎngjīnlái)
- 往古 (literary)
- 終古 / 终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
- 自古 (zìgǔ)