安石

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (安石)		安	石
simp. #(安石)		安	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Anshíh
    • Wade–Giles: An¹-shih²
    • Yale: Ān-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anshyr
    • Palladius: Аньши (Anʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ sek⁶
    • Yale: ōn sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an dzyek

Rime
Character	安	石
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏寒切	常隻切
Baxter	'an	dzyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	sik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n]  dAk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːn  djaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	安	安	石
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	ān	ān	shí
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ dzyek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*dAk/
English	peace(ful)	how	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)	stone
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	安	石
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	11470
Phonetic component	安	石
Rime group	元	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	安	石
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*djaɡ/

Proper noun

安石

1. (historical) Alternative name for 安息 (Ānxī, “Arsacid Empire; Parthian Empire”).

Derived terms

• 安石榴 (ānshíliú)