枌榆

Chinese

		(tree)	elm
trad. (枌榆)		枌	榆
simp. #(枌榆)		枌	榆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fényú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fényú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fényú
    • Wade–Giles: fên²-yü²
    • Yale: fén-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fernyu
    • Palladius: фэньюй (fɛnʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵ y³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjun yu

Rime
Character	枌	榆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符分切	羊朱切
Baxter	bjun	yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/	/jɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/	/jio/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/	/io/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/	/juə̆/
Li Rong	/biuən/	/io/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/	/jĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯn  lo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	榆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ yu ›
Old Chinese	/*lo/
English	elm
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	枌	榆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3170	15855
Phonetic component	分	俞
Rime group	文	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	汾	逾
Old Chinese	/*bɯn/	/*lo/

Noun

枌榆

1. (literary, archaic) Siberian elm
2. (historical) Name of the hamlet where Emperor Gaozu of Han was born.
3. (literary, figurative) hometown; birthplace

   Synonym: 桑梓 (sāngzǐ)