公明

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (公明)		公	明
simp. #(公明)		公	明
anagram		明公

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongmíng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-ming²
    • Yale: gūng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongming
    • Palladius: гунмин (gunmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: gūng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwng mjaeng

Rime
Character	公	明
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古紅切	武兵切
Baxter	kuwng	mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/	/mˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/	/mᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/	/miaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/	/miɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/	/mĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	ming4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤoŋ  mraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kloːŋ  mraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	公	公	明
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	gōng	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwng ›	‹ kuwng ›	‹ mjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁoŋ/	/*C.qˁoŋ/	/*mraŋ/
English	impartial, just; public	father; prince	bright
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	公	明
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4092	9188
Phonetic component	公	明
Rime group	東	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	公	明
Old Chinese	/*kloːŋ/	/*mraŋ/

Adjective

公明

1. just and open

Proper noun

公明

1. a surname