Chinese edit

spin merit; accomplishment
trad. (紡績)
simp. (纺绩)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (2) (13)
Final () (106) (127)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter phjangX tsek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰʉɐŋX/ /t͡sek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰʷiɐŋX/ /t͡sek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiuɑŋX/ /t͡sɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰuaŋX/ /t͡sɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/pʰiuaŋX/ /t͡sek̚/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭwaŋX/ /t͡siek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰiwaŋX/ /t͡siek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fǎng ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fong2 zik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fǎng
Middle
Chinese
‹ phjangX › ‹ tsek › ‹ tsek ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰaŋʔ/ /*[ts]ˁek/ /*[ts]ˁek/
English twist, spin twist, spin achieve; achievement

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 3044 1782
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰaŋʔ/ /*ʔseːɡ/

Verb edit

紡績

  1. to spin (silk, hemp, etc.)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: S
せき
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun edit

(ぼう)(せき) (bōseki

  1. textile spinning

Verb edit

(ぼう)(せき)する (bōseki surusuru (stem (ぼう)(せき) (bōseki shi), past (ぼう)(せき)した (bōseki shita))

  1. to spin

Conjugation edit