荊楚

See also: 荆楚

Chinese

Jing Chu
trad. (荊楚)
simp. (荆楚)

Etymology

A combination of the local name Chu () with its Qin name Jing (), derived from the ancient district of that name (荊州荆州) which was used by Qin after the mid-3rd century BCE owing to a naming taboo related to its king Ying Zichu (嬴子楚), father of the First Emperor.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (28) (19)
Final () (111) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiæŋ/ /t͡ʃʰɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiaŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiaŋ/ /t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiajŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/kiɐŋ/ /t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐŋ/ /t͡ʃʰĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng chǔ
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīng chǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæng › ‹ tsrhjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]reŋ/ /*s.r̥aʔ/
English briar name of a state

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
No. 6851 11781
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*keŋ/ /*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/

Proper noun

荊楚

  1. (historical) Alternative name for 楚國楚国 (Chǔguó), the state of Chu in ancient China.
  2. (literary) The territory and cultural area of the former state of Chu, roughly corresponding with present-day Hubei and Henan around the middle Yangtze River.
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