絳河

Chinese edit

		purple-red	river
trad. (絳河)		絳	河
simp. (绛河)		绛	河

Etymology edit

“Milky Way”

天之色蒼蒼然也，而前輩曰丹霄，曰絳霄。河漢曰銀河可也，而曰絳河。蓋觀天者以北極為標準，所仰視而見者，皆在於北極之南，故稱之曰丹，曰絳，借南之色以為喻也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

天之色苍苍然也，而前辈曰丹霄，曰绛霄。河汉曰银河可也，而曰绛河。盖观天者以北极为标准，所仰视而见者，皆在于北极之南，故称之曰丹，曰绛，借南之色以为喻也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 明·王逵《蠡海集》

Tiān zhī sè cāngcāngrán yě, ér qiánbèi yuē dānxiāo, yuē jiàngxiāo. Héhàn yuē yínhé kě yě, ér yuē jiànghé. Gài guān tiān zhě yǐ běijí wéi biāozhǔn, suǒ yǎngshì ér jiàn zhě, jiē zài yú běijí zhī nán, gù chēng zhī yuē dān, yuē jiàng, jiè nán zhī sè yǐwéi yù yě. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànghé

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànghé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànghé
  - Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-ho²
  - Yale: jyàng-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqher
  - Palladius: цзянхэ (czjanxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kaewngH ha

Rime
Character	絳	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	江 (9)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古巷切	胡歌切
Baxter	kaewngH	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ^H/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ^H/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ^H/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ^H/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ^H/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ^H/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔŋ^H/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàng	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong³	ho⁴

Noun edit

絳河

(literary) Milky Way

Proper noun edit

絳河

A legendary river of the South China Sea.