民瘼

Chinese

the people; nationality; citizen distress; sickness
trad. (民瘼)
simp. #(民瘼)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (43) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mjin mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪn/ /mɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/min/ /mɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjen/ /mɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/min/ /mak̚/
Li
Rong
/miĕn/ /mɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕn/ /mɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕn/ /mɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
man4 mok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mín
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjin ›
Old
Chinese
/*mi[ŋ]/
English people

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. 9130 9259
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*min/ /*maːɡ/

Noun

民瘼

  1. (literary) hardships of the people

Synonyms

  • 民隱民隐