Chinese edit

 
from; self; oneself
from; self; oneself; since
cut the throat
trad. (自剄)
simp. (自刭)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (28)
Final () (15) (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter dzijH kengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziɪH/ /keŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziH/ /keŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjɪH/ /kɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziH/ /kɛjŋX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziH/ /keŋX/
Wang
Li
/d͡ziH/ /kieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱiH/ /kieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi6 ging2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jǐng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzijH › ‹ kengX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.[b]i[t]-s/ /*[k]ˁeŋʔ/
English self (adv.) cut the throat

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 17879 6803
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljids/ /*keːŋʔ/

Verb edit

自剄

  1. (Classical) to commit suicide by cutting one's throat

Synonyms edit