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Chinese
Etymology
Pronounced *ou-sou ~ *ou-ʂou in 100 CE and a transcription of an Austronesian word; compare Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu (“dog”) (Sagart, 2008). Compare also Proto-Vietic *ʔa-cɔːʔ.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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獶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
náo
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ naw ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*nˁu/
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| English
|
a kind of monkey
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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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獶
|
獀
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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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15500
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12084
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Phonetic
component
|
憂
|
叟
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Rime
group
|
幽
|
幽
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
憂
|
𢯱
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Old
Chinese
|
/*qu/
|
/*sru/
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| Notes
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說文作獿
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Noun
獶獀
- (Nanyue) dog