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Chinese
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red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked
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dragon; imperial; surname
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| trad. (赤龍)
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赤
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龍
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| simp. (赤龙)
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赤
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龙
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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赤
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龍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chì
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lóng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyhek ›
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‹ ljowng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)Ak/
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/*-roŋ/
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| English
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red
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dragon
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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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赤
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龍
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龍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1477
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8436
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8763
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Phonetic
component
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赤
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龍
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尨
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Rime
group
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鐸
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東
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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尺
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龍
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厖
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰljaɡ/
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/*b·roŋ/
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/*mroːŋ/
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| Notes
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同狵
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Noun
赤龍
- (Chinese mythology) red dragon
- (figuratively) Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang)
- (by extension) emperor
- (figuratively) the sun