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馬頭

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See also: 马头

Chinese

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horse; surname head; (noun suffix)
trad. (馬頭)
simp. (马头)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (7)
Final () (98) (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter maeX duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠaX/ /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚaX/ /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/maX/ /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨX/ /dəw/
Li
Rong
/maX/ /du/
Wang
Li
/maX/ /dəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/maX/ /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maa5 tau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ X › ‹ duw ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁraʔ/ /*[m-t]ˁo/
English horse head

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8715 2465
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mraːʔ/ /*doː/

Noun

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馬頭

  1. (literal) a horse's head
  2. (archaic) the head of a stableboy
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 碼頭 (“pier”).
(This term is a variant form of 碼頭).

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()() (Mezuめづ (Medu)?

  1. (Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Horse-Head, one of the two guardians of hell

See also

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