初魄

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	soul
trad. (初魄)		初	魄
simp. #(初魄)		初	魄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄆㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chupò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: chū-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chupoh
    • Palladius: чупо (čupo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhjo phaek

Rime
Character	初	魄
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	楚居切	普伯切
Baxter	tsrhjo	phaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨʌ/	/pʰˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔ/	/pʰᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɔ/	/pʰak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆/	/pʰaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiɔ/	/pʰɐk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭo/	/pʰɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯wo/	/pʰɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co1	pak1

Noun

初魄

1. (literary) the moon on the 3rd or 4th days of each month in the lunar calendar