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Chinese
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begin
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ancestor; forefather; grandparents
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| trad. (始祖)
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始
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祖
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| simp. #(始祖)
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始
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祖
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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始
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祖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shǐ
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zǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syiX ›
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‹ tsuX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥əʔ/
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/*ˁaʔ/
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| English
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begin
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ancestor
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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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始
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祖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12291
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10398
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Phonetic
component
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台
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且
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Rime
group
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之
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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始
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祖
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljɯʔ/
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/*ʔsaːʔ/
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Noun
始祖
- (literally) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
- (figuratively) originator; initiator; creator; founder
Synonyms
- (earliest ancestor): 鼻祖 (bízǔ), (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ)
- (originator): 鼻祖 (bízǔ)
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
始祖
- (attributive) primitive; archaeo-
Synonyms
- (literary) 草昧 (cǎomèi)
- 原始 (yuánshǐ)
Antonyms
Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 始祖 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
始祖 • (shiso)
- founder