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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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郁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷək/
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| English
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stately, elegant
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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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郁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15615
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Phonetic
component
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又
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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郁
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷɯ/
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Adjective
郁郁
- (literary) elegant; refined (of writing, culture, civilization, etc.)
- (literary) fragrant; sweet-smelling
Etymology 2
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 郁郁 – see 鬱郁 (“fragrance; coiled; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 鬱郁). |
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