Chinese

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road leading north and south raised path; street
simp. and trad.
(阡陌)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (4)
Final () (85) (113)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Baxter tshen maek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /mˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /mᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /mak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /maɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /mɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /mɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /mɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 mak6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshen › ‹ mæk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]ˁi[n]/ /*[m]ˁrak/
English N-S path between fields path between fields

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. 10795 211
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sn̥ʰiːn/ /*mbraːɡ/

Noun

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阡陌

  1. (literary) crisscross footpaths between fields