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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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智
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慧
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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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zhì
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huì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trjeH ›
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‹ hwejH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tre-s/
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/*ʷˁe-s/
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English
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knowledge
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intelligent
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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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智
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慧
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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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11497
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5474
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Phonetic component
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矢
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彗
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Rime group
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支
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祭
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Rime subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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智
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慧
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔl'es/
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/*ɡʷeːds/
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Noun
智慧
- wisdom; intelligence
- (Buddhism) prajna; wisdom; insight
Synonyms
- (wisdom): 慧心 (huìxīn), 靈性/灵性 (língxìng)
Derived terms
References
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 智慧 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 智慧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
智慧 • (jihye) (hangeul 지혜)
- hanja form? of 지혜 (“wisdom”)
Vietnamese
Noun
智慧
- chữ Hán form of trí tuệ (“wisdom, intelligence”).