顓頊

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Chinese

		surname; good; simple	grieved; anxious
trad. (顓頊)		顓	頊
simp. (颛顼)		颛	顼

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhuānxū, Zhuānxù

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢㄒㄩ, ㄓㄨㄢㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ juk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Choan-hiok / Chhoan-hiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuānxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuansyu
  - Wade–Giles: Chuan¹-hsü¹
  - Yale: Jwān-syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juanshiu
  - Palladius: Чжуаньсюй (Čžuanʹsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuānxù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuansyù
  - Wade–Giles: Chuan¹-hsü⁴
  - Yale: Jwān-syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juanshiuh
  - Palladius: Чжуаньсюй (Čžuanʹsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹ juk¹
  - Yale: jyūn yūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ juk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ yug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ jʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Choan-hiok
  - Tâi-lô: Tsuan-hiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoanhiog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³ hiɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoan-hiok
  - Tâi-lô: Tshuan-hiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoanhiog
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: tsywen xjowk

Rime
Character	顓	頊
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職緣切	許玉切
Baxter	tsywen	xjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/	/hɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/	/hiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/	/xiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/	/huawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/	/xiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/	/xĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/	/xi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun¹	huk¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjon hŋoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ xjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)ok/
English	disconcerted
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	顓	頊
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	2513	15974
Phonetic component	耑	玉
Rime group	元	屋
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	專	旭
Old Chinese	/*tjon/	/*hŋoɡ/

Proper noun

顓頊

(Chinese mythology) Zhuanxu (legendary emperor of ancient China)

Synonyms

高陽／高阳 (Gāoyáng)

Derived terms

顓頊曆 / 颛顼历

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