祥瑞

Chinese

		auspicious; propitious	lucky; auspicious; propitious lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
simp. and trad. (祥瑞)		祥	瑞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiángruì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ seoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siông-sūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁵ sui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiángruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siángruèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang²-jui⁴
    • Yale: syáng-rwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyangruey
    • Palladius: сянжуй (sjanžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ seoi⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-sūi
    • Tâi-lô: siông-suī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongsui
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ sui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang⁵ sui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâng sŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zjang dzyweH

Rime
Character	祥	瑞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似羊切	是僞切
Baxter	zjang	dzyweH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiuᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɐŋ/	/d͡ʑʷiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɑŋ/	/d͡ʑjuɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨaŋ/	/d͡ʑwiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ziaŋ/	/ʑiueH/
Wang Li	/zĭaŋ/	/ʑǐweH/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯aŋ/	/ʑwie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáng	shuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4	seoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.ɢaŋ  [d]or-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ  djols/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祥	瑞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiáng	ruì
Middle Chinese	‹ zjang ›	‹ dzyweH ›
Old Chinese	/*s.ɢaŋ/	/*[d]or-s/
English	auspicious	jade tablet
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	祥	瑞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14528	2499
Phonetic component	羊	耑
Rime group	陽	歌
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	詳	睡
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋ/	/*djols/

Noun

祥瑞

1. auspicious sign

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祥瑞):

• → Japanese: 祥瑞(しょうずい) (shōzui)
• → Korean: 상서(祥瑞) (sangseo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祥	瑞
しょう Grade: S	ずい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
祥瑞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーずい [shòózúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːzɨᵝi]

Noun

祥(しょう)瑞(ずい) • (shōzui) ^{←しやうずい (syauzui)?}

1. auspicious sign

Korean

Hanja in this term
祥	瑞

Noun

祥瑞 • (sangseo) (hangeul 상서)

1. Hanja form^? of 상서 (“a lucky omen, a happy augury”).