玉門

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See also: 玉门

Chinese

jade
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
trad. (玉門) 玉 門
simp. (玉门) 玉 门
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 玉 門
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 燭 (8) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 魚欲切 莫奔切
Baxter ngjowk mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨok̚/ /muən/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋiok̚/ /muon/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiok̚/ /muən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋuawk̚/ /mwən/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiok̚/ /muən/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭwok̚/ /muən/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯wok̚/ /muən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yù mén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		juk6 mun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 玉 門
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yù mén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjowk › ‹ mwon ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)ok/ (< uvular?) /*mˁə/
English jade gate, door

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 玉 門
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15971 8960
Phonetic
component 		玉 門
Rime
group 		屋 文
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		玉 門
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋoɡ/ /*mɯːn/

Noun

玉門

  1. (Classical, literal) door decorated with jade
  2. (Classical, figurative) palace
  3. (Classical, figurative) vulva

Synonyms

  • (palace):

Proper noun

玉門

  1. (～市) Yumen (a county-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
  2. (～關) Yumen Pass (pass in Gansu province, China)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉門):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉 門
ぎょく
Grade: 1 		もん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

玉(ぎょく)門(もん) • (gyokumon) 

  1. beautifully decorated gate
  2. (euphemistic) female genitalia
    Synonym: 女陰 (jo'in)

Proper noun

玉(ぎょく)門(もん) • (Gyokumon) 

  1. Yumen (a city in Gansu, China)
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