呂覽

Chinese

		surname	look over; to view
trad. (呂覽)		呂	覽
simp. (吕览)		吕	览

Etymology

Named after Qin politician 呂不韋.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǚlǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄌㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǚlǎn [Phonetic: lǘlǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lyǔlǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Lü³-lan³
    • Yale: Lyǔ-lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leulaan
    • Palladius: Люйлань (Ljujlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻³⁵ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: ljoX lamX

Rime
Character	呂	覽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力舉切	盧敢切
Baxter	ljoX	lamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌX/	/lɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔX/	/lɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔX/	/lɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆X/	/lamX/
Li Rong	/liɔX/	/lɑmX/
Wang Li	/lĭoX/	/lɑmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woX/	/lɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǚ	lǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5	laam5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raʔ  ɡ·raːmʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	呂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljoX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aʔ/
English	spine; pitch-pipe
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	呂	覽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8579	6090
Phonetic component	呂	監
Rime group	魚	談
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	吕	覽
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raʔ/	/*ɡ·raːmʔ/
Notes	甲金文象鑄青銅器用的鋌塊， 中不連，非膂初文

Proper noun

呂覽

1. Synonym of 呂氏春秋／吕氏春秋 (Lǚshìchūnqiū)