朝暾

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	sun above the horizon
simp. and trad. (朝暾)		朝	暾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāotūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ tan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāotūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaotun
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-tʻun¹
    • Yale: jāu-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jautuen
    • Palladius: чжаотунь (čžaotunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ tan¹
    • Yale: jīu tān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjew thwon

Rime
Character	朝	暾
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	陟遙切	他昆切
Baxter	trjew	thwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇu/	/tʰuən/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛu/	/tʰuon/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæu/	/tʰuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiaw/	/tʰwən/
Li Rong	/ȶjɛu/	/tʰuən/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛu/	/tʰuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛu/	/tʰuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo	tūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu1	teon1

Noun

朝暾

1. (literary) the morning sun; morning sunlight