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mix together; peace; harmony
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
 
clan name; maiden name piece of jade with hole in centre
simp. and trad.
(和氏璧)
 
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Etymology

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Named after 卞和 (Biàn Hé), who discovered this jade.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 3/3 1/1
Initial () (33) (25) (1)
Final () (95) (11) (123)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () I III III
Fanqie
Baxter hwa dzyeX pjiek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑ/ /d͡ʑiᴇX/ /piᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuɑ/ /d͡ʑiɛX/ /piɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑ/ /d͡ʑjɛX/ /piæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwa/ /d͡ʑiə̆X/ /piajk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑ/ /ʑieX/ /piɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑ/ /ʑǐeX/ /pĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ/ /ʑie̯X/ /pi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó shì bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo4 si6 bik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwa › ‹ dzyeX › ‹ pjiek ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ˁoj/ /*k.deʔ/ /*pek/
English harmonious clan circular jade insignium

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 # 1/2 3/3 1/1
No. 4932 11523 676
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoːl/ /*ɡjeʔ/ /*peɡ/
Notes


Proper noun

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和氏璧

  1. Mr. He's jade

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