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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
荼
|
荼
|
荼
|
毒
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
|
2/3
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3/3
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
定 (7)
|
船 (27)
|
澄 (11)
|
定 (7)
|
| Final (韻)
|
模 (23)
|
麻 (100)
|
麻 (98)
|
沃 (6)
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| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Checked (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
I
|
III
|
II
|
I
|
| Fanqie
|
同都切
|
食遮切
|
宅加切
|
徒沃切
|
| Baxter
|
du
|
zyae
|
drae
|
dowk
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/duo/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ɖˠa/
|
/duok̚/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/duo/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ɖᵚa/
|
/duok̚/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/do/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ȡa/
|
/dok̚/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/dɔ/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ɖaɨ/
|
/dawk̚/
|
Li
Rong
|
/do/
|
/d͡ʑia/
|
/ȡa/
|
/dok̚/
|
Wang
Li
|
/du/
|
/d͡ʑĭa/
|
/ȡa/
|
/duok̚/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/dʱuo/
|
/d͡ʑʰi̯a/
|
/ȡʱa/
|
/dʱuok̚/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
tú
|
shé
|
chá
|
dú
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
tou4
|
se4
|
caa4
|
duk6
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
荼
|
毒
|
毒
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
chá
|
dú
|
dú
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dræ ›
|
‹ dowk ›
|
‹ dowk ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*lˁra/
|
/*ˁuk/
|
/*m-ˁuk-s/
|
| English
|
(name of a plant)
|
poison (n.)
|
to poison (v.)
|
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)
|
| Character
|
荼
|
荼
|
荼
|
毒
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
|
2/3
|
3/3
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
15748
|
15761
|
15776
|
2486
|
Phonetic
component
|
余
|
余
|
余
|
毒
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
魚
|
魚
|
覺
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
𡨀
|
蛇
|
徒
|
毒
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*rlaː/
|
/*ɦlja/
|
/*l'aː/
|
/*l'uːɡ/
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Verb
荼毒
- (literary) to torment; to inflict great suffering on
Derived terms
Descendants