鶻鳩

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Chinese

falcon; migratory bird turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis
trad. (鶻鳩)
simp. (鹘鸠)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial () (28) (33) (33) (28)
Final () (56) (56) (76) (136)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed Open
Division () I I II III
Fanqie
Baxter kwot hwot hweat kjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuət̚/ /ɦuət̚/ /ɦˠuɛt̚/ /kɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuot̚/ /ɦuot̚/ /ɦʷᵚæt̚/ /kiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuət̚/ /ɣuət̚/ /ɣuæt̚/ /kiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwət̚/ /ɦwət̚/ /ɦwəɨt̚/ /kuw/
Li
Rong
/kuət̚/ /ɣuət̚/ /ɣuɛt̚/ /kiu/
Wang
Li
/kuət̚/ /ɣuət̚/ /ɣwæt̚/ /kĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuət̚/ /ɣuət̚/ /ɣwat̚/ /ki̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gu huá jiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwat1 wat6 waat6 gau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*(r)u/
English (a kind of bird)

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
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
No. 4319 4323 4330 6939
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡruːd/ /*kuːd/ /*ɡuːd/ /*ku/

Noun

鶻鳩

  1. turtledove

Synonyms