曉然

Chinese

		dawn; to know; to tell (someone something)	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (曉然)		曉	然
simp. (晓然)		晓	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎorán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎorán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎorán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-jan²
    • Yale: syǎu-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauran
    • Palladius: сяожань (sjaožanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xewX nyen

Rime
Character	曉	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	馨皛切	如延切
Baxter	xewX	nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heuX/	/ȵiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/heuX/	/ȵiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/xeuX/	/ȵʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛwX/	/ȵian/
Li Rong	/xeuX/	/ȵiɛn/
Wang Li	/xieuX/	/ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xieuX/	/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu2	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤewʔ  [n]a[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːwʔ  njen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	曉	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎo	rán
Middle Chinese	‹ xewX ›	‹ nyen ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁewʔ/	/*[n]a[n]/
English	understand	so, thus; (adv suffix)
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	曉	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14699	10756
Phonetic component	垚	肰
Rime group	宵	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	䥵	然
Old Chinese	/*hŋeːwʔ/	/*njen/

Adjective

曉然

1. (literary) clear; evident