太原

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Chinese

too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
former; original; primary
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
 
simp. and trad.
(太原) 		太 原
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 太 原
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 他蓋切 愚袁切
Baxter thajH ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑiH/ /ŋʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑiH/ /ŋʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑiH/ /ŋiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰajH/ /ŋuan/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑiH/ /ŋiuɐn/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑiH/ /ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑiH/ /ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tài yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taai3 jyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 太 原 原
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tài yuán yuán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thajH › ‹ ngjwon › ‹ ngjwon ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁa-s/ /*N-ɢʷar/ /*N-ɢʷar/
English great spring, source; origin high plain (n.)

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 太 原
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 16186
Phonetic
component 		大 原
Rime
group 		祭 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		泰 元
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰaːds/ /*ŋʷan/
Notes 金文象泉源，爲源初文

Proper noun

太原

  1. (～市) Taiyuan (a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, and largest city in Shanxi, in northern China)
  2. (～省) Thái Nguyên (a province of Vietnam)
  3. (～市) Thái Nguyên (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太 原
たい
Grade: 2 		げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

太(たい)原(げん) • (Taigen) 

  1. Taiyuan (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Shanxi, in northern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太原

Proper noun

太原

  1. chữ Hán form of Thái Nguyên (“Thái Nguyên”).
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