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Chinese
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jade
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bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround; to loop; loop
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trad. (玉環)
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玉
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環
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simp. (玉环)
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玉
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环
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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玉
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環
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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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yù
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huán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ngjowk ›
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‹ hwæn ›
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Old Chinese
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/*(r)ok/ (< uvular?)
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/*C.ɢʷˁ<r>en/
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English
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jade
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ring (n.)
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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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玉
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環
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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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15971
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16231
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Phonetic component
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玉
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睘
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Rime group
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屋
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元
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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玉
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還
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋoɡ/
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/*ɡʷraːn/
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Noun
玉環
- jade ring
- (Classical, figurative) round moon
- (music) a kind of pipa
Proper noun
玉環
- (~市, formerly ~縣) Yuhuan (a county-level city and former county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)