蛟龍

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Chinese

scaly dragon dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (蛟龍)
simp. (蛟龙)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (90) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter kaew ljowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠau/ /lɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚau/ /lioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kau/ /lioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨw/ /luawŋ/
Li
Rong
/kau/ /lioŋ/
Wang
Li
/kau/ /lĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kau/ /li̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaau1 lung4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*-roŋ/
English dragon

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 1/2
No. 6299 8436
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːw/ /*b·roŋ/

Noun

蛟龍

  1. (countable) jiaolong (an aquatic dragon in Chinese mythology) (Classifier: m)
  2. (Shehua) rainbow

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蛟龍):