城闕

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See also: 城阙

Chinese

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city walls; city; town imperial city; deficiency
trad. (城闕)
simp. (城阙)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (29)
Final () (121) (68)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyeng khjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/ /kʰʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛŋ/ /kʰʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæŋ/ /kʰiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajŋ/ /kʰuat̚/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛŋ/ /kʰiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛŋ/ /kʰĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/ /kʰi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chéng que
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing4 hyut3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chéng què
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyeng › ‹ khjwot ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]eŋ/ /*kʷʰat/
English city wall tower over gate

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. 1418 7240
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋ/ /*kʰod/

Noun

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城闕

  1. (literary) watchtower on either side of a city gate
  2. (literary) capital city
  3. (literary) palace

Synonyms

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  • (palace):
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