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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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遺
|
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)
|
yí
|
shū
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ywij ›
|
‹ syo ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)uj/
|
/*s-ta/
|
| English
|
leave; reject
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
遺
|
書
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
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1/1
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| No.
|
4741
|
17013
|
Phonetic
component
|
貴
|
者
|
Rime
group
|
微
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
惟
|
書
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*lul/
|
/*hlja/
|
Noun
遺書
- (literary) posthumous papers; writings of an author now dead
- (literary) a letter or note left by one immediately before death
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
遺
|
書
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wèi
|
shū
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ywijH ›
|
‹ syo ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)uj-s/
|
/*s-ta/
|
| English
|
to present
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
遺
|
書
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
4745
|
17013
|
Phonetic
component
|
貴
|
者
|
Rime
group
|
微
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
遺
|
書
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*luls/
|
/*hlja/
|
Verb
遺書
- (archaic) to send a letter; to write to someone
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.