山東

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See also: 山东

Chinese

mountain; hill east
trad. (山東) 山 東
simp. (山东) 山 东
anagram 東山／东山
Literally: “east of the mountain”.
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Etymology

Shandong
So named as it lies on the east of the Taihang Mountains.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 山 東
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 山 (73) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 所閒切 德紅切
Baxter srean tuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠɛn/ /tuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚæn/ /tuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃæn/ /tuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂəɨn/ /təwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɛn/ /tuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ʃæn/ /tuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂăn/ /tuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shān dōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saan1 dung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 山 東
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shān dōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ srɛn › ‹ tuwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ŋrar/ /*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)
English mountain, hill east

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 山 東
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11052 2435
Phonetic
component 		山 東
Rime
group 		元 東
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		山 東
Old
Chinese 		/*sreːn/ /*toːŋ/
Notes 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，
參敕字陳字注

Proper noun

山東

  1. (～省) Shandong (a province of China)
  2. (historical, specifically) the area to the east of Hangu Pass
  3. (historical, specifically) the area to the east of the Taihang Mountains
  4. (historical, specifically) the area to the east of Mount Hua

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

山東

  1. east of the mountain (in general)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山 東
さん
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 山東 (MC srean tuwng).

Alternative forms

  • 山東(シャンドン) (Shandon)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

山(さん)東(とう) • (Santō) ←さんとう (Santou)?

  1. Shandong (a province of China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山 東
しゃん
Grade: 1 		どん
Grade: 2
irregular

From Mandarin 山東 / 山东 (Shāndōng).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

山東(シャンドン) • (Shandon) 

  1. Alternative form of 山東 (Santō, “Shandong (a province of China)”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
山 東
さん
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

山(さん)東(とう) • (Santō) ←さんとう (Santou)?

  1. (obsolete) east of the Rockies (a region of the United States)

Korean

Hanja in this term
山東

Proper noun

山東 • (Sandong) (hangeul 산동)

  1. hanja form? of 산동 (“Shandong”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
山東

Proper noun

山東

  1. chữ Hán form of Sơn Đông (“Shandong”).
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