瑄玉

Chinese

		ornamental piece of jade	jade
simp. and trad. (瑄玉)		瑄	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanyù
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: sywān-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanyuh
    • Palladius: сюаньюй (sjuanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ y⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjwen ngjowk

Rime
Character	瑄	玉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	須緣切	魚欲切
Baxter	sjwen	ngjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇn/	/ŋɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛn/	/ŋiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuæn/	/ŋiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swian/	/ŋuawk̚/
Li Rong	/siuɛn/	/ŋiok̚/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛn/	/ŋĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wɛn/	/ŋi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun1	juk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷan  ŋoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)ok/ (< uvular?)
English	jade
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	瑄	玉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14008	15971
Phonetic component	亘	玉
Rime group	元	屋
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	宣	玉
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷan/	/*ŋoɡ/

Noun

瑄玉

1. (Classical) Synonym of 瑄 (xuān, “6-cun-large jade annulus”)

   • 有司奉瑄玉嘉牲薦饗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有司奉瑄玉嘉牲荐飨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Yǒusī fèng xuānyù jiā shēng jiàn xiǎng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)