初弦

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	bow string; string of mus. instr.
simp. and trad. (初弦)		初	弦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-hsien²
    • Yale: chū-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyan
    • Palladius: чусянь (čusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhjo hen

Rime
Character	初	弦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	楚居切	胡田切
Baxter	tsrhjo	hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨʌ/	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔ/	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɔ/	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆/	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiɔ/	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭo/	/ɣien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯wo/	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co1	jin4

Noun

初弦

1. (literary) the moon on the 7th or 8th day of each month in the lunar calendar (when the moon looks like a bowstring)