諸葛

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See also: 诸葛

Chinese

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all; many; various coarse grass linen
trad. (諸葛)
simp. (诸葛)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (23) (23) (28)
Final () (22) (100) (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III I
Fanqie
Baxter tsyo tsyae kat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨʌ/ /t͡ɕia/ /kɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɔ/ /t͡ɕia/ /kɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɔ/ /t͡ɕia/ /kɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cɨə̆/ /cia/ /kat̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɔ/ /t͡ɕia/ /kɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭo/ /t͡ɕĭa/ /kɑt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯wo/ /t͡ɕi̯a/ /kɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhū zhē ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyu1 ze1 got3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhū
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyo › ‹ kat ›
Old
Chinese
/*ta/ /*ˁat/
English many Dolichos; kudzu

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 # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 16959 17000 5022
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjaː/ /*tja/ /*kaːd/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

諸葛

  1. a surname
    諸葛诸葛  ―  Zhūgě Liàng  ―  Zhuge Liang
  2. Zhuge Liang (181–234)
  3. () Zhuge (a town in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)
  4. () Zhuge (a village in Zhuge, Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (諸葛):
  • Japanese: 諸葛(しょかつ) (Shokatsu)
  • Korean: 제갈(諸葛) (Jegal)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (もろ)(くず) (Morokuzu).

Proper noun

諸葛

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 諸葛, Morokuzu

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
もろ
Grade: 6
くず
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
諸葛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(もろ)(くず) (Morokuzu

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 6
かつ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
諸葛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(しょ)(かつ) (Shokatsu

  1. a surname from Chinese
Usage notes

This pronunciation is mainly used in names of Chinese and Korean people. The Japanese surname uses kun’yomi instead.