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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
|
輕
|
輕
|
於
|
於
|
鴻
|
鴻
|
毛
|
毛
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
溪 (29)
|
溪 (29)
|
影 (34)
|
影 (34)
|
匣 (33)
|
匣 (33)
|
明 (4)
|
明 (4)
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| Final (韻)
|
清 (121)
|
清 (121)
|
魚 (22)
|
模 (23)
|
東 (1)
|
東 (1)
|
豪 (89)
|
豪 (89)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Rising (X)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
I
|
I
|
I
|
I
|
I
|
| Fanqie
|
去盈切
|
墟正切
|
央居切
|
哀都切
|
戸公切
|
胡孔切
|
莫袍切
|
莫報切
|
| Baxter
|
khjieng
|
khjiengH
|
'jo
|
'u
|
huwng
|
huwngX
|
maw
|
mawH
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/kʰiᴇŋ/
|
/kʰiᴇŋH/
|
/ʔɨʌ/
|
/ʔuo/
|
/ɦuŋ/
|
/ɦuŋX/
|
/mɑu/
|
/mɑuH/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/kʰiɛŋ/
|
/kʰiɛŋH/
|
/ʔiɔ/
|
/ʔuo/
|
/ɦuŋ/
|
/ɦuŋX/
|
/mɑu/
|
/mɑuH/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/kʰiæŋ/
|
/kʰiæŋH/
|
/ʔiɔ/
|
/ʔo/
|
/ɣuŋ/
|
/ɣuŋX/
|
/mɑu/
|
/mɑuH/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/kʰiajŋ/
|
/kʰiajŋH/
|
/ʔɨə̆/
|
/ʔɔ/
|
/ɦəwŋ/
|
/ɦəwŋX/
|
/maw/
|
/mawH/
|
Li
Rong
|
/kʰiɛŋ/
|
/kʰiɛŋH/
|
/ʔiɔ/
|
/ʔo/
|
/ɣuŋ/
|
/ɣuŋX/
|
/mɑu/
|
/mɑuH/
|
Wang
Li
|
/kʰĭɛŋ/
|
/kʰĭɛŋH/
|
/ĭo/
|
/u/
|
/ɣuŋ/
|
/ɣuŋX/
|
/mɑu/
|
/mɑuH/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/kʰi̯ɛŋ/
|
/kʰi̯ɛŋH/
|
/ʔi̯wo/
|
/ʔuo/
|
/ɣuŋ/
|
/ɣuŋX/
|
/mɑu/
|
/mɑuH/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
qīng
|
qìng
|
yū
|
wū
|
hóng
|
hòng
|
máo
|
mào
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
hing1
|
hing3
|
jyu1
|
wu1
|
hung4
|
hung6
|
mou4
|
mou6
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
輕
|
於
|
於
|
鴻
|
毛
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
qīng
|
wū
|
yú
|
hóng
|
máo
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ khjieng ›
|
‹ ʔu ›
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‹ ʔjo ›
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‹ huwng ›
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‹ maw ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*eŋ/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)
|
/*ˁa/
|
/*a/
|
/*ˁoŋ/
|
/*C.mˁaw/
|
| English
|
light (≠ heavy)
|
oh!
|
at (locative preposition)
|
kind of wild goose
|
hair
|
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
|
輕
|
輕
|
於
|
於
|
鴻
|
鴻
|
毛
|
毛
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
6792
|
6793
|
15810
|
15812
|
4061
|
4062
|
8780
|
8791
|
Phonetic
component
|
巠
|
巠
|
於
|
於
|
工
|
工
|
毛
|
毛
|
Rime
group
|
耕
|
耕
|
魚
|
魚
|
東
|
東
|
宵
|
宵
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
輕
|
輕
|
烏
|
於
|
洪
|
澒
|
毛
|
冃
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kʰeŋ/
|
/*kʰeŋs/
|
/*qaː/
|
/*qa/
|
/*ɡoːŋ/
|
/*ɡoːŋʔ/
|
/*maːw/
|
/*maːws/
|
Idiom
輕於鴻毛
- (derogatory, figuratively) to be worthless (or trashy, valueless, not worth a brass farthing, good for nothing, of no worth)
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