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Chinese
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river
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south
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simp. and trad. (河南)
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河
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南
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anagram
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南河
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Literally: “south of the river”.
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Etymology
- “Henan”
- So named as it (largely) lies on the south of the Yellow River.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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河
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南
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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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hé
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nán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ha ›
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‹ nom ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁaj/
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/*nˁm/
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English
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river
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south
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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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河
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南
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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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7459
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9355
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Phonetic component
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可
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南
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Rime group
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歌
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侵
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Rime subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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何
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南
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡaːl/
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/*nuːm/
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Proper noun
河南
- (~省) Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou)
- (historical) region south of the Yellow River
- Henan (former district in Guangzhou south of the Pearl River)
- (~省) Hà Nam (a province of Vietnam)
- (~縣, ~蒙古族自治縣) Henan (a Mongolian Autonomous County in Huangnan, Qinghai, China)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 河南 (Hénán).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
河南 • (Kanan)
- Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou)
- The region south to the Yellow River, China.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
河南 • (Kanan)
- Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
- Kanan (neighborhoods in Japan):
- A neighborhood of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture.
河南 • (Kawana) ←かはな (Kafana)?
- a surname
河南 • (Kawaminami) ←かはみなみ (Kafaminami)?
- Kawaminami (a neighborhood of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)
河南 • (Kawanami) ←かはなみ (Kafanami)?
- Kawanami (a neighborhood of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
Korean
Proper noun
河南 • (Hanam) (hangeul 하남)
- hanja form? of 하남 (“Henan”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
河南
- chữ Hán form of Hà Nam (“Henan; Hà Nam”).
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