Chinese

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thatch
trad. (藑茅)
simp. #(藑茅)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (30) (4)
Final () (122) (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter gjwieng maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡwiᴇŋ/ /mˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷiɛŋ/ /mᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuæŋ/ /mau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gwiajŋ/ /maɨw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiuɛŋ/ /mau/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭwɛŋ/ /mau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯wɛŋ/ /mau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qióng máo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
king4 maau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
máo
Middle
Chinese
‹ mæw ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mˁru/
English kind of grass; "thatch"

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. 13912 8803
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷeŋ/ /*mruː/

Noun

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藑茅

  1. (historical) a red herb used for divination in ancient times