分明

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Chinese

to divide; minute; (a measure word)
to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
 
trad. (分明) 分 明
simp. #(分明) 分 明

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 分 明
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 文 (59) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 府文切 武兵切
Baxter pjun mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨun/ /mˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/piun/ /mᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuən/ /miaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pun/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/piuən/ /miɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pĭuən/ /mĭɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯uən/ /mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fēn míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan1 ming4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 分 明
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fēn míng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjun › ‹ mjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pə/ /*mraŋ/
English divide bright

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 分 明
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 3148 9188
Phonetic
component 		分 明
Rime
group 		文 陽
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		分 明
Old
Chinese 		/*pɯn/ /*mraŋ/

Adjective

分明

  1. clear; evident; plain; distinct
    四季分明  ―  sìjì fēnmíng  ―  to have four distinct seasons

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Adverb

分明

  1. clearly; evidently; plainly; distinctly
    這分明是歧視。／这分明是歧视。  ―  Zhè fēnmíng shì qíshì.  ―  This is clearly discriminatory.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (分明):

References

Korean

Hanja in this term
分明

Noun

分明 • (bunmyeong) (hangeul 분명)

  1. hanja form? of 분명 (“clarity; clearness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
分明

Adjective

分明

  1. chữ Hán form of phân minh (“clear-cut, definite”). (Nguyễn, 1974)
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