日宇

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	room; universe
simp. and trad. (日宇)		日	宇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-yü³
    • Yale: r̀-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyeu
    • Palladius: жиюй (žijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: nyit hjuX

Rime
Character	日	宇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	人質切	王矩切
Baxter	nyit	hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪt̚/	/ɦɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵit̚/	/ɦioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjet̚/	/ɣioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵit̚/	/ɦuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕt̚/	/ɣioX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/	/ɣĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/	/i̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rì	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6	jyu5

Noun

日宇

1. (literary) the place where the sun resides
2. (literary) imperial palace