軒轅

Chinese

covered carriage; pavilion shafts of cart; yamen
trad. (軒轅)
simp. (轩辕)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (35)
Final () (65) (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨɐn/ /ɦʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiɐn/ /ɦʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiɐn/ /ɣiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨan/ /ɦuan/
Li
Rong
/xiɐn/ /ɣiuɐn/
Wang
Li
/xĭɐn/ /ɣĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xɨ̯ɐn/ /i̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān yuán
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xuān yuán
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjon › ‹ hjwon ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰa[r]/ /*[ɢ]ʷa[n]/
English nobleman"s carriage carriage-pole

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. 3641 16222
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰan/ /*ɢʷan/

Noun

軒轅

  1. (literary) tall gate

Proper noun

軒轅

  1. (mythology) Xuanyuan, the given name of the legendary Yellow Emperor
  2. (uranography) Xuanyuan, an asterism in the Chinese constellation of Star
  3. A surname.
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