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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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荇
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菜
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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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xìng
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cài
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hængX ›
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‹ tshojH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁraŋʔ/
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/*s.r̥ˁəʔ-s/
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English
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Limnanthemum nymphoides
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vegetables
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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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荇
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菜
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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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13875
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1076
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Phonetic component
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行
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采
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Rime group
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陽
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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杏
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菜
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡraːŋʔ/
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/*sʰɯːs/
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Notes
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說文同莕
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Noun
荇菜
- duckweed (Nymphoides peltata)
參差荇菜,左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
参差荇菜,左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī
- Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.
Japanese
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Noun
荇菜 or 荇菜 • (asaza) ←あざさ (azasa)?
- fringed water lily, Nymphoides peltata
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).