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surname (old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)
trad. (荀卿)
simp. #(荀卿)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (29)
Final () (47) (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter swin khjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siuɪn/ /kʰˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/sʷin/ /kʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjuen/ /kʰiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swin/ /kʰiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/siuĕn/ /kʰiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/sĭuĕn/ /kʰĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯uĕn/ /kʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xūn qīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seon1 hing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xún qīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ swin › ‹ khjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.qʷi[n]/ /*C.qʰraŋ/
English spec. of plant; (proper name] minister (v.)

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. 16382 13607
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sqʰʷin/ /*kʰraŋ/
Notes

Proper noun

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荀卿

  1. (honorific) Xunzi
    Synonym: 荀子 (Xúnzǐ)