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Chinese
Etymology
Occurred several times in the Classic of Poetry, for example, in poem 154 (《詩經·豳風·七月》):
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
萬
|
壽
|
壽
|
無
|
疆
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
明 (4)
|
常 (25)
|
常 (25)
|
明 (4)
|
見 (28)
|
| Final (韻)
|
元 (66)
|
尤 (136)
|
尤 (136)
|
虞 (24)
|
陽 (105)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Departing (H)
|
Rising (X)
|
Departing (H)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Closed
|
Open
|
Open
|
Closed
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
無販切
|
殖酉切
|
承呪切
|
武夫切
|
居良切
|
| Baxter
|
mjonH
|
dzyuwX
|
dzyuwH
|
mju
|
kjang
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/mʉɐnH/
|
/d͡ʑɨuX/
|
/d͡ʑɨuH/
|
/mɨo/
|
/kɨɐŋ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/mʷiɐnH/
|
/d͡ʑiuX/
|
/d͡ʑiuH/
|
/mio/
|
/kiɐŋ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/miuɐnH/
|
/d͡ʑiəuX/
|
/d͡ʑiəuH/
|
/mio/
|
/kiɑŋ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/muanH/
|
/d͡ʑuwX/
|
/d͡ʑuwH/
|
/muə̆/
|
/kɨaŋ/
|
Li
Rong
|
/miuɐnH/
|
/ʑiuX/
|
/ʑiuH/
|
/mio/
|
/kiaŋ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/mĭwɐnH/
|
/ʑĭəuX/
|
/ʑĭəuH/
|
/mĭu/
|
/kĭaŋ/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/mi̯wɐnH/
|
/ʑi̯ə̯uX/
|
/ʑi̯ə̯uH/
|
/mi̯u/
|
/ki̯aŋ/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
wàn
|
shòu
|
shòu
|
wú
|
jiāng
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
maan6
|
sau6
|
sau6
|
mou4
|
goeng1
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
萬
|
壽
|
壽
|
無
|
疆
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/3
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wàn
|
shòu
|
shòu
|
wú
|
jiāng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ mjonH ›
|
‹ dzyuwX ›
|
‹ dzyuwH ›
|
‹ mju ›
|
‹ kjang ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*C.ma-s/
|
/*uʔ/
|
/*uʔ-s/
|
/*ma/
|
/*kaŋ/
|
| English
|
10000
|
longevity
|
longevity
|
not have
|
boundary
|
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
|
萬
|
壽
|
壽
|
無
|
疆
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
12633
|
11707
|
11709
|
13117
|
6261
|
Phonetic
component
|
萬
|
壽
|
壽
|
無
|
畺
|
Rime
group
|
元
|
幽
|
幽
|
魚
|
陽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
万
|
受
|
授
|
無
|
薑
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*mlans/
|
/*djuʔ/
|
/*djus/
|
/*ma/
|
/*kaŋ/
|
| Notes
|
|
|
|
|
同畺
|
Idiom
萬壽無疆
- boundless longevity