柔然

Chinese

soft
 
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad.
(柔然)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (38)
Final () (136) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨu/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiu/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑiəu/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵuw/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/ȵiu/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭəu/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ə̯u/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
róu rán
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
róu rán
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyuw › ‹ nyen ›
Old
Chinese
/*nu/ /*[n]a[n]/
English soft so, thus; (adv suffix)

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. 8825 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mlju/ /*njen/

Proper noun

柔然

  1. Rouran, an ancient ethnic group in China
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