萬鍾

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Chinese

ten thousand; a great number; surname (ancient measure); surname
trad. (萬鍾)
simp. (万钟)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (23)
Final () (66) (7)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjonH tsyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /t͡ɕɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /t͡ɕioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /t͡ɕioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /cuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /t͡ɕioŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /t͡ɕĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn zhōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 zung1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàn zhōng zhōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjonH › ‹ tsyowng › ‹ tsyowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ma-s/ /*toŋ/ /*toŋ/
English 10000 accumulate; repeat bell; wine vessel; an ancient measure

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12633 17466
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mlans/ /*tjoŋ/

Noun

萬鍾

  1. an abundant amount of salary