Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (16)
Final () (113) (11)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter xaek sje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠæk̚/ /siᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hᵚak̚/ /siɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xak̚/ /sjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/haɨjk̚/ /siə̆/
Li
Rong
/xɐk̚/ /sie/
Wang
Li
/xɐk̚/ /sǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xɐk̚/ /sie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
he
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hak1 si1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ xaek › ‹ sje › ‹ sje › ‹ sje ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰˁrak/ /*[s]e/ /*[s]e/ /*se/
English red, fiery split (v.) this 斯須 a short time

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. 1474 11995
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰraːɡ/ /*se/
Notes 駿

Etymology 1

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distinguished; awe-inspiring phonetic; this
simp. and trad.
(赫斯)
[Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Wáng nù, yuán zhěng qí lǚ. [Pinyin]
The king rose majestic in his wrath;
He marshalled his troops, []

Adjective

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赫斯

  1. (literary, of an emperor) raging
  2. (literary, of an emperor) mighty; formidable
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(赫斯)

Proper noun

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赫斯

  1. Hess (surname)