權輿

Chinese

authority; power; right carriage; sedan chair; world
trad. (權輿) 權 輿
simp. (权舆) 权 舆

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 權 輿
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (80) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 巨員切 以諸切
Baxter gjwen yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiuᴇn/ /jɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡʷᵚiɛn/ /jiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiuæn/ /iɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gwian/ /jɨə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjuɛn/ /iɔ/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭwɛn/ /jĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯wɛn/ /i̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		quán yú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kyun4 jyu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 權 輿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		quán yú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gjwen › ‹ yo ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ]ʷrar/ /*m-q(r)a/
English weight of a steelyard vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders

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 權 輿
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 4496 15892
Phonetic
component 		雚 舁
Rime
group 		元 魚
Rime
subdivision 		3 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		權 余
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡron/ /*la/

Verb

權輿

  1. (literary) to sprout; to germinate
  2. (literary) to start; to begin

Synonyms

  • (to sprout):
  • (to start):
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