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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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遺
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書
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yí
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shū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ywij ›
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‹ syo ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)uj/
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/*s-ta/
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| English
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leave; reject
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write
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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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遺
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書
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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4741
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17013
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Phonetic
component
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貴
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者
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Rime
group
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微
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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惟
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書
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Old
Chinese
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/*lul/
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/*hlja/
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Noun
遺書
- (chiefly in book titles) posthumous papers; writings of an author now dead
- Synonyms: 遺著／遗著 (yízhù), 遺作／遗作 (yízuò)
- a letter or note left by one immediately before death (which might not be legally effective)
- Coordinate term: 遺囑／遗嘱 (yízhǔ)
- (literary) ancient literature that was once lost and scattered
- 敦煌遺書／敦煌遗书 ― Dūnhuáng yíshū ― rediscovered Dunhuang manuscripts
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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遺
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書
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wèi
|
shū
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ywijH ›
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‹ syo ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)uj-s/
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/*s-ta/
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| English
|
to present
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write
|
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)
|
| Character
|
遺
|
書
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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4745
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17013
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Phonetic
component
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貴
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者
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Rime
group
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微
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
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遺
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書
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Old
Chinese
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/*luls/
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/*hlja/
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Verb
遺⫽書 (verb-object)
- (Classical) to send a letter; to write to someone
趙惠文王時，得楚和氏璧。秦昭王聞之，使人遺趙王書，願以十五城請易璧。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
赵惠文王时，得楚和氏璧。秦昭王闻之，使人遗赵王书，愿以十五城请易璧。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Zhào Huìwénwáng shí, dé Chǔ Héshìbì. Qín Zhāowáng wén zhī, shǐ rén wèi Zhàowáng shū, yuàn yǐ shíwǔ chéng qǐng yì bì.
- King Huiwen of Zhao had come into possession of the jade of Bian He, a man of Chu. When King Zhao of Qin knew this, he sent an envoy with a letter to the king of Zhao, offering fifteen cities in exchange for the jade.
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
遺書 • (isho)
- a letter or note left by one immediately before death; a suicide note
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.