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three
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to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show
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trad. (三秀)
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三
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秀
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simp. #(三秀)
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三
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秀
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Rime
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Character
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三
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三
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秀
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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心 (16)
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心 (16)
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心 (16)
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Final (韻)
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談 (143)
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談 (143)
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尤 (136)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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III
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Fanqie
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蘇甘切
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蘇暫切
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息救切
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Baxter
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sam
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samH
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sjuwH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/sɑm/
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/sɑmH/
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/sɨuH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/sɑm/
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/sɑmH/
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/siuH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/sɑm/
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/sɑmH/
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/siəuH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/sam/
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/samH/
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/suwH/
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Li Rong
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/sɑm/
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/sɑmH/
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/siuH/
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Wang Li
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/sɑm/
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/sɑmH/
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/sĭəuH/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/sɑm/
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/sɑmH/
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/si̯ə̯uH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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sān
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sàn
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xiù
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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saam1
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saam3
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sau3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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三
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三
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秀
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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sān
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sān
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xiù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sam ›
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‹ samH ›
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‹ sjuwH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)
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/*s.r[u]m-s/ (*s.r- > *s-, infl. by 四 *s-?)
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/*[s-l]u(ʔ)-s/
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English
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three
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three times
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to flower
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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三
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三
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秀
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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10963
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10965
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13934
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Phonetic component
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三
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三
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秀
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Rime group
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侵
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侵
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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3
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3
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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三
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三
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秀
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Old Chinese
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/*suːm/
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/*suːms/
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/*slus/
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三秀
- Synonym of 靈芝 / 灵芝 (língzhī, “lingzhi”)