赤道

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Chinese

red; scarlet; bare
red; scarlet; bare; naked
 
direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
trad. (赤道) 赤 道
simp. #(赤道) 赤 道
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Etymology

“celestial equator”
From the convention in Chinese astronomy to use a red line for the equator. See also 黃道／黄道 (huángdào) and 白道 (báidào).
“equator”
New meaning by Matteo Ricci. (Huang, 2003)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 昌 (24) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 昔 (123) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 昌石切 徒晧切
Baxter tsyhek dawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/ /dɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ /dɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/ /dɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cʰiajk̚/ /dawX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ /dɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/ /dɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/ /dʱɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chi dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cik1 dou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chì dào
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyhek › ‹ dawX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)Ak/ /*ˁuʔ/
English red way

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 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1477 11669
Phonetic
component 		赤 首
Rime
group 		鐸 幽
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		尺 道
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰljaɡ/ /*l'uːʔ/

Noun

赤道

  1. (astronomy) celestial equator
  2. (geography) equator

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (赤道):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤 道
せき
Grade: 1 		どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

赤(せき)道(どう) • (sekidō) 

  1. (geography) equator

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
赤道

Noun

赤道 • (jeokdo) (hangeul 적도)

  1. hanja form? of 적도 (“equator”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
赤道

Noun

赤道

  1. chữ Hán form of xích đạo (“equator”).
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