拱辰

Chinese

		fold hands in salute; to arch	5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.
trad. (拱辰)		拱	辰
simp. ^#(拱辰)		拱	辰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒngchén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung² san⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng³ sing²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒngchén
  - Wade–Giles: kung³-chʻên²
  - Yale: gǔng-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goongchern
  - Palladius: гунчэнь (gunčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung² san⁴
  - Yale: gúng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung² san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung² sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵ sɐn²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ sing² [Phonetic: gorng² sing²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô̤ng-síng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ɬiŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ sing² [Phonetic: gorng¹ sing²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ³³²⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: kjowngX dzyin

Rime
Character	拱	辰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居悚切	植鄰切
Baxter	kjowngX	dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ^X/	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ^X/	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ^X/	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ^X/	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/kioŋ^X/	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ^X/	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ^X/	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǒng	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung²	san⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)oŋʔ [d]ər/

(Zhengzhang): /*kloŋʔ djɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拱	辰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǒng	chén
Middle Chinese	‹ kjowng^X ›	‹ dzyin ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)oŋʔ/	/*[d]ər/
English	join the hands	5th earthly branch
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	拱	辰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4172	1372
Phonetic component	共	辰
Rime group	東	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	拱	辰
Old Chinese	/*kloŋʔ/	/*djɯn/

Verb

拱辰

(literary) to surround the North Star (of all stars)
(literary, figurative) to show allegiance to a virtuous ruler (of all regions)

Synonyms

拱北 (gǒngběi), 拱極／拱极

Proper noun

拱辰

(～街道) Gongchen (a subdistrict of Fangchan district, Beijing, China)
(～街道) Gongchen (a subdistrict of Chengxiang district, Putian, Fujian, China)