西域

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Chinese

west region
simp. and trad.
(西域) 		西 域
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 西 域
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 職 (135)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 先稽切 雨逼切
Baxter sej hwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sei/ /ɦwɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sei/ /ɦʷɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɛi/ /ɣiuek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɛj/ /ɦwik̚/
Li
Rong 		/sei/ /ɣiuək̚/
Wang
Li 		/siei/ /ɣĭwək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/siei/ /i̯wək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī yù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sai1 wik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西 域
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xī yù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sej › ‹ hwik ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-nˁər/ /*ʷrək/
English west territory

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 西 域
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 5554
Phonetic
component 		西 或
Rime
group 		微 職
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		西 域
Old
Chinese 		/*sɯːl/ /*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Proper noun

西域

  1. (historical) Western Regions (historical region west of the Jade Gate along the Silk Road)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Western Regions (calque)

Japanese

 西域 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
西 域
せい
Grade: 2 		いき
Grade: 6
kan'on goon

Proper noun

西(せい)域(いき) • (Seiiki) ←せいゐき (Seiwiki)?

  1. (historical) Western Regions
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
西 域
さい
Grade: 2 		いき
Grade: 6
goon

Proper noun

西(さい)域(いき) • (Saiiki) ←さいゐき (Saiwiki)?

  1. (historical) Western Regions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “西域Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
西域

Proper noun

西域 • (Seoyeok) (hangeul 서역)

  1. hanja form? of 서역 (“Western Regions”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西域

Proper noun

西域

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Vực (“Western Regions”).
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