燭龍

Chinese

candle dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (燭龍)
simp. (烛龙)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (37)
Final () (8) (7)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨok̚/ /lɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiok̚/ /lioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiok̚/ /lioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cuawk̚/ /luawŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiok̚/ /lioŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭwok̚/ /lĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/ /li̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhu lóng
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhú lóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyowk › ‹ ljowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*tok/ /*[mə]-roŋ/
English torch dragon

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 1/2 2/2
No. 11828 8436 8763
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjoɡ/ /*b·roŋ/ /*mroːŋ/
Notes

Proper noun

燭龍

  1. (Chinese mythology) Zhulong (a giant red solar dragon and god)

Noun

燭龍

  1. (literary, figuratively) sun
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