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Chinese
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Any connection with 崢嶸 (OC *zraːŋ/zreːŋ ɢʷreːŋ/ɢʷreŋ) or 屴崱 (OC *rɯɡ zrɯɡ)?”
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嶙
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峋
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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8197
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16386
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Phonetic
component
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粦
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匀
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Rime
group
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眞
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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㷠
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荀
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Old
Chinese
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/*rin/
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/*sqʰʷin/
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| Notes
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見揚雄賦
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Adjective
嶙峋
- (literary, ideophonic, of gullies, cliffs, buildings) craggy; rugged; deep and overlapping
- (literary, ideophonic, of a mountain, rock, building) towering; lofty
- (literary, ideophonic, of a person) bony; skinny; gaunt
- (literary, ideophonic, of a person) upright; upstanding
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