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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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不
|
不
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不
|
朽
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
幫 (1)
|
幫 (1)
|
幫 (1)
|
曉 (32)
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| Final (韻)
|
尤 (136)
|
尤 (136)
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物 (60)
|
尤 (136)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Checked (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Closed
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
|
III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
|
甫鳩切
|
方久切
|
分勿切
|
許久切
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| Baxter
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pjuw
|
pjuwX
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pjut
|
xjuwX
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/pɨu/
|
/pɨuX/
|
/pɨut̚/
|
/hɨuX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/piu/
|
/piuX/
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/piut̚/
|
/hiuX/
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Shao
Rongfen
|
/piəu/
|
/piəuX/
|
/piuət̚/
|
/xiəuX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/puw/
|
/puwX/
|
/put̚/
|
/huwX/
|
Li
Rong
|
/piu/
|
/piuX/
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/piuət̚/
|
/xiuX/
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Wang
Li
|
/pĭəu/
|
/pĭəuX/
|
/pĭuət̚/
|
/xĭəuX/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/pi̯ə̯u/
|
/pi̯ə̯uX/
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/pi̯uət̚/
|
/xi̯ə̯uX/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
fōu
|
fǒu
|
fu
|
xiǔ
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
fau1
|
fau2
|
fat1
|
jau2
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
不
|
朽
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| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
bù
|
xiǔ
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ pjuw ›
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‹ xjuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*pə/
|
/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
|
| English
|
not
|
rot, decay
|
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
|
不
|
不
|
不
|
朽
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
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2/3
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3/3
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
1025
|
1029
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1048
|
7412
|
Phonetic
component
|
不
|
不
|
不
|
丂
|
Rime
group
|
之
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之
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物
|
幽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
不
|
缶
|
弗
|
朽
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*pɯ/
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/*pɯʔ/
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/*pɯ'/
|
/*qʰluʔ/
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| Notes
|
|
象花柎與本同源
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中古才促化
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Verb
不朽
- to be eternal; to be immortal
Synonyms
- 不死 (bùsǐ)
- 永存 (yǒngcún)
- 永生 (yǒngshēng)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
Derived from Middle Chinese 不朽 (MC pjuw|pjuwX|pjut xjuwX).
Pronunciation
Noun
不朽 • (fukyū) ←ふきう (fukiu)?
- never fading; being enduring
References
Korean
Noun
不朽 • (bulhu) (hangeul 불후)
- hanja form? of 불후 (“imperishability”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
不朽
- chữ Hán form of bất hủ.