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Chinese
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surname
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(old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)
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| trad. (荀卿)
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荀
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卿
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| simp. #(荀卿)
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荀
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卿
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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荀
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卿
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xún
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qīng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ swin ›
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‹ khjæng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.qʷi/
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/*C.qʰraŋ/
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| English
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spec. of plant; (proper name]
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minister (v.)
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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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荀
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卿
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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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16382
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13607
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Phonetic
component
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匀
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鄉
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Rime
group
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眞
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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荀
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卿
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Old
Chinese
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/*sqʰʷin/
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/*kʰraŋ/
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| Notes
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鄉轉註分化字
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Proper noun
荀卿
- (honorific) Xunzi
- Synonym: 荀子 (Xúnzǐ)