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Chinese
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surname; ignorant; worm
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outstanding; particularly; especially
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| trad. (蚩尤)
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蚩
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尤
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| simp. #(蚩尤)
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蚩
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尤
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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尤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yóu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷə/
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| English
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fault; even more
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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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蚩
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尤
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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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17194
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15503
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Phonetic
component
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之
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尤
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Rime
group
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之
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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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蚩
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尤
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰjɯ/
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/*ɢʷɯ/
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| Notes
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甲文象又（手）上加筆指疣
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Proper noun
蚩尤
- (Chinese mythology) Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
蚩尤 • (Shiyū)
- (Chinese mythology) Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)
Korean
Proper noun
蚩尤 • (Chiu) (hangeul 치우)
- hanja form? of 치우 (“Chiyou”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
蚩尤
- chữ Hán form of Xi Vưu (“Chiyou”).
