契丹

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (契丹) 契 丹
simp. #(契丹) 契 丹

Etymology

A Middle Chinese transcription of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, “Khitan”). First attested in the Book of Wei [554].

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 契 丹
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 迄 (58) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 去迄切 都寒切
Baxter khj+t tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɨt̚/ /tɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɨt̚/ /tɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰiət̚/ /tɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰɨt̚/ /tan/
Li
Rong 		/kʰiət̚/ /tɑn/
Wang
Li 		/kʰĭət̚/ /tɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰi̯ət̚/ /tɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qi dān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hat1 daan1

Proper noun

契丹

  1. the Khitans (the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then Northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitai, from the 9th to 13th century C.E.)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (契丹):
  • → Japanese: 契丹(きったん) (Kittan)
  • → Korean: 거란(契丹) (Georan)
  • → English: Qidan, Ch'itan, Khitan, Cathay
  • → Russian: Китай (Kitaj)

    • Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    契 丹
    きっ
    Grade: S     		たん
    Grade: S
    irregular on'yomi

    Proper noun

    契(きっ)丹(たん) • (Kittan) 

    1. the Mongolian Khitan tribe that ruled Manchuria from 907–1115 C.E.
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