great; foremost | pen; stable | ||
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simp. and trad. (太牢) |
太 | 牢 |
Rime | ||
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Character | 太 | 牢 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 來 (37) |
Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 豪 (89) |
Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
Division (等) | I | I |
Fanqie | 他蓋切 | 魯刀切 |
Baxter | thajH | law |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tʰɑiH/ | /lɑu/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/tʰɑiH/ | /lɑu/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/tʰɑiH/ | /lɑu/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/tʰajH/ | /law/ |
Li Rong |
/tʰɑiH/ | /lɑu/ |
Wang Li |
/tʰɑiH/ | /lɑu/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/tʰɑiH/ | /lɑu/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
tài | láo |
Expected Cantonese Reflex |
taai3 | lou4 |
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 太 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
tài |
Middle Chinese |
‹ thajH › |
Old Chinese |
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ |
English | great |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 太 | 牢 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
No. | 1937 | 7644 |
Phonetic component |
大 | 牢 |
Rime group |
祭 | 幽 |
Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
泰 | 勞 |
Old Chinese |
/*tʰaːds/ | /*ruː/ |
太牢