河北

Chinese
river north
simp. and trad.
(河北)		 河 北
anagram 北河
Literally: “north of the river”.

Etymology
Hebei
So named as it lies on the north of the Yellow River.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 河 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡歌切 博墨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɑ/ /pək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦɑ/ /pək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦa/ /pək̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hé bo
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 河 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hé běi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ha › ‹ pok ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/ /*pˁək/
English river north

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 河 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7459 414
Phonetic
component		 可 北
Rime
group		 歌 職
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 何 北
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡaːl/ /*pɯːɡ/

Proper noun

河北

  1. (～省) Hebei (a province of China)
  2. (historical) region north of the Yellow River
  3. (～市) Kahoku (a city in Ishikawa, Japan)

Antonyms

Descendants

Japanese
Kanji in this term
河 北
か
Grade: 5		 ほく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

河北 (hiragana かほく, rōmaji Kahoku)

  1. Hebei
  2. a place name, such as that of Kahoku Town in Yamagata Prefecture

Korean
Hanja in this term
河北

Proper noun

河北 • (Habuk) (hangeul 하북)

  1. Hanja form? of 하북 (“Hebei”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
河北

Proper noun

河北

  1. Hán tự form of Hà Bắc (“Hebei”).
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