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Chinese
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cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
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ladder
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trad. (雲梯)
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雲
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梯
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simp. (云梯)
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云
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梯
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Literally: “cloud ladder”.
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Etymology
Alluding to the length of the ladder.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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雲
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梯
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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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yún
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tī
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hjun ›
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‹ thej ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷə/
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/*l̥ˁj/
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English
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cloud
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stairs
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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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雲
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梯
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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16358
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2279
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Phonetic component
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云
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弟
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Rime group
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文
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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雲
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梯
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Old Chinese
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/*ɢun/
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/*tʰiːl/
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Noun
雲梯
- aerial ladder
- scaling ladder
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Noun
雲梯 • (untei)
- scaling ladder
- overhead ladder, horizontal ladder
- monkey bars (playground equipment)