朕躬

Chinese

		I; we (imperial use); subtle	body; oneself; personally body; oneself; personally; to bow
trad. (朕躬)		朕	躬
simp. #(朕躬)		朕	躬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam⁶ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngong
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: jèn-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenngong
    • Palladius: чжэньгун (čžɛnʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: jahm gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drimX kjuwng

Rime
Character	朕	躬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直稔切	居戎切
Baxter	drimX	kjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪmX/	/kɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚimX/	/kiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiemX/	/kiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjimX/	/kuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡjəmX/	/kiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭĕmX/	/kĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯əmX/	/ki̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam6	gung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lrəmʔ  k(r)uŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯmʔ  kuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朕	躬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhèn	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ drimX ›	‹ kjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*lrəmʔ/	/*k(r)uŋ/
English	I, we, our	body, person
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	朕	躬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17110	4141
Phonetic component	朕	躬
Rime group	侵	終
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	朕	弓
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯmʔ/	/*kuŋ/
Notes		同躳

Pronoun

朕躬

1. (archaic) myself; my person (used by the emperor to refer to himself)
   • c. 475 - 221 BCE, Disciples of Confucius, “堯曰 [Yao Yue]”, in 論語 [The Analects of Confucius]:

     萬方有罪，罪在朕躬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     万方有罪，罪在朕躬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Wànfāng yǒuzuì, zuì zài zhèngōng. [Pinyin]

     If you in the myriad regions commit offenses, these offenses must rest on my person.