舉子

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔzǐ [Phonetic: júzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jyǔ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeutzyy
    • Palladius: цзюйцзы (czjujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: kjoX tsiX

Rime
Character	舉	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居許切	即里切
Baxter	kjoX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌX/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔX/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔX/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆X/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/kiɔX/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/kĭoX/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woX/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.q(r)aʔ  [ts]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaʔ  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舉	子
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjoX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.q(r)aʔ/	/*[ts]əʔ/
English	lift, raise	1st earthly branch
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	舉	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15888	17857
Phonetic component	舁	子
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	舉	子
Old Chinese	/*klaʔ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/
Notes	舁轉註字，說文從手與聲， 漢碑隸變作此

Noun

舉子

1. (historical) A scholar who was recommended to take the imperial examination