淳維

Chinese

		genuine; pure; honest	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension
simp. and trad. (淳維)		淳	維

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chúnwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chúnwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chúnwéi
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻun²-wei²
    • Yale: Chwún-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chwenwei
    • Palladius: Чуньвэй (Čunʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzywin ywij

Rime
Character	淳	維
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	常倫切	以追切
Baxter	dzywin	ywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuɪn/	/jiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷin/	/jʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuen/	/juɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwin/	/jwi/
Li Rong	/ʑiuĕn/	/ui/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuĕn/	/jwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uĕn/	/wi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chún	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon4	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]u[r]  ɢʷij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djun  ɢʷi/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淳	維
Reading #	1/5	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chún	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ dzywin ›	‹ ywij ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]u[r]/	/*ɢʷij/ (? < *ɢʷuj)
English	a pair	rope for tying
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	淳	維
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2617	12852
Phonetic component	敦	唯
Rime group	文	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	純	惟
Old Chinese	/*djun/	/*ɢʷi/

Proper noun

淳維

1. Chunwei (ancestor of Xiongnu)