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松楸

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Chinese

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pine Catalpa; Mallotus japonicus
trad. (松楸)
simp. #(松楸)

Etymology

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(sōng, “pine tree”) and (qiū, “Catalpa bungei”) used to be trees commonly planted in graveyards, hence becoming a metonym for graves.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (17) (14)
Final () (7) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zjowng tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/zɨoŋ/ /t͡sʰɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/zioŋ/ /t͡sʰiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/zioŋ/ /t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zuawŋ/ /t͡sʰuw/
Li
Rong
/zioŋ/ /t͡sʰiu/
Wang
Li
/zĭwoŋ/ /t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/zi̯woŋ/ /t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sóng qiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cung4 cau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ zjowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*sə.ɢoŋ/
English pine (n.)

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4115 10540
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sɢloŋ/ /*sʰɯw/

Noun

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松楸

  1. (literary, figurative) grave; tomb
  2. (literary, figurative) the tombs of one's deceased parents or other relatives