嫘祖

Chinese

		surname	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (嫘祖)		嫘	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Léizǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ zou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Léizǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leitzuu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Léizǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ zou²
  - Yale: lèuih jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*rul ʔsaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁaʔ/
English	ancestor
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	嫘	祖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7740	10398
Phonetic component	畾	且
Rime group	微	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	㶟	祖
Old Chinese	/*rul/	/*ʔsaːʔ/
Notes	原從纍，此所注或體

Proper noun

嫘祖

(Chinese mythology) Leizu (legendary wife of the Yellow Emperor and discoverer of sericulture)

See also

嫘縈／嫘萦 (léiyíng)

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