典午

Chinese

		alternative of 司; to be in charge; to control	alternative of 馬; seventh earthly branch
simp. and trad. (典午)		典	午

Etymology

Coined artificially to avoid the naming taboo (諱) of 司馬／司马 (Sīmǎ), surname of the Jin (晉) imperial house.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnwǔ [Phonetic: diánwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-wu³
    • Yale: dyǎn-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanwuu
    • Palladius: дяньу (djanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: tenX nguX

Rime
Character	典	午
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	多殄切	疑古切
Baxter	tenX	nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tenX/	/ŋuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/tenX/	/ŋuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛnX/	/ŋoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛnX/	/ŋɔX/
Li Rong	/tenX/	/ŋoX/
Wang Li	/tienX/	/ŋuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tienX/	/ŋuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diǎn	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din2	ng5

Noun

典午

1. (archaic) alternative form of 司馬／司马 (sīmǎ)