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Chinese
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energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient |
light; ray; bright
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| trad. (精光)
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精
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光
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| simp. #(精光)
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精
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光
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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精
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光
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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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jīng
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guāng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsjeng ›
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‹ kwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tseŋ/
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/*kʷˁaŋ/
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| English
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fine rice; pure
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light, brightness
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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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精
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光
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/2
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| No.
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11327
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4506
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Phonetic
component
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生
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光
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Rime
group
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耕
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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精
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsleŋ/
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/*kʷaːŋ/
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| Notes
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灮隸變
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Noun
精光
- radiance, glory
- majestic thought
- expression, spirit
- luster
- radiance in eye
Adjective
精光
- bright and shiny
- nothing left (money, food etc), all finished
- (Southern Min) astute