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Chinese
Etymology
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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高
|
山
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仰
|
止
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
gāo
|
shān
|
yǎng
|
zhǐ
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kaw ›
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‹ srɛn ›
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‹ ngjangX ›
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‹ tsyiX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*Cə.ˁaw/
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/*s-ŋrar/
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/*C.ŋaŋʔ/
|
/*təʔ/
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| English
|
high, tall
|
mountain, hill
|
lift the face, look up
|
foot; stop
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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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高
|
山
|
仰
|
止
|
| Reading #
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1/1
|
1/1
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1/2
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1/1
|
| No.
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3726
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11052
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31
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17297
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Phonetic
component
|
高
|
山
|
卬
|
止
|
Rime
group
|
宵
|
元
|
陽
|
之
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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2
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
髙
|
山
|
仰
|
止
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kaːw/
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/*sreːn/
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/*ŋaŋʔ/
|
/*kjɯʔ/
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| Notes
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趾初文
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Idiom
高山仰止
- to admire and venerate (someone great and noble)