護于

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (護于)		護	于
simp. (护于)		护	于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hùyú
    • Wade–Giles: Hu⁴-yü²
    • Yale: Hù-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huhyu
    • Palladius: Хуюй (Xujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ y³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: huH hju

Rime
Character	護	于
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡誤切	羽俱切
Baxter	huH	hju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoH/	/ɦɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoH/	/ɦio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoH/	/ɣio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔH/	/ɦuə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣoH/	/ɣio/
Wang Li	/ɣuH/	/ɣĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuoH/	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤak-s  ɢʷ(r)a|ɦʷa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraːɡs  ɢʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	護	于	于
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hù	yú	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ huH ›	‹ hju ›	‹ hju ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁak-s/	/*ɢʷ(r)a/	/*ɦʷa/ (< *ɢʷ(r)a)
English	protect	go; at	單于 chányú: Xiōngnú ruler (W. Hàn)
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	護	于
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5576	15706
Phonetic component	蒦	于
Rime group	暮	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	護	于
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷraːɡs/	/*ɢʷa/
Notes		王筠雲籲初文

Proper noun

護于

1. a title of Xiongnu, renamed from the Left Virtuous King (左賢王)