決明

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (決明)		決	明
simp. (决明)		决	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juémíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat-bêng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciuq-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juémíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuémíng
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ming²
    • Yale: jywé-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueming
    • Palladius: цзюэмин (czjuemin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ ming⁴
    • Yale: kyut mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciuq-min
    • MiniDict: ciuih^入 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jyq-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyɪʔ³³ min⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwet mjaeng

Rime
Character	決	明
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古穴切	武兵切
Baxter	kwet	mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwet̚/	/mˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷet̚/	/mᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛt̚/	/miaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛt̚/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/kuet̚/	/miɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kiwet̚/	/mĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwet̚/	/mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3	ming4

Noun

決明

1. sicklepod; Chinese senna (Senna obtusifolia or Senna tora, previously Cassia tora)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 羊角豆仔

Derived terms

• 決明子 / 决明子 (juémíngzǐ)
• 石決明 / 石决明 (shíjuémíng)
• 野決明 / 野决明
• 馬蹄決明 / 马蹄决明

Japanese

Kanji in this term
決	明
けつ Grade: 3	めい Grade: 2
kan'on

Noun

決(けつ)明(めい) • (ketsumei) 

1. Synonym of 夷草 (ebisu-gusa, “sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia”)

Derived terms

• 決明子(けつめいし) (ketsumeishi)
• 石決明(せっけつめい) (sekketsumei)