風雨

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See also: 风雨

Chinese

wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
rain
trad. (風雨)
simp. (风雨)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (1) (35)
Final () (2) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjuwng hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨuŋ/ /ɦɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piuŋ/ /ɦioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuŋ/ /ɣioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puwŋ/ /ɦuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/piuŋ/ /ɣioX/
Wang
Li
/pĭuŋ/ /ɣĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯uŋ/ /i̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung1 jyu5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuwng › ‹ hjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*prəm/ /*C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ/
English wind (n.) rain

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
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 2921 15952
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*plum/ /*ɢʷaʔ/

Noun

風雨

  1. (literally) wind and rain; the elements
  2. (figurative) trials and hardships
  3. (figurative) rumours and gossip

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Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふう)() (fūu

  1. wind and rain