不祥

Chinese

not; no auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad.
(不祥)
不 祥

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 不 不 不 祥
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 文 (60) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III III
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 似羊切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut zjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /zɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /ziɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /ziɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /zɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /ziaŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /zĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /zi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu xiáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 coeng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 不 祥
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bù xiáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ zjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*s.ɢaŋ/
English not auspicious

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 不 不 不 祥
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
No. 1025 1029 1048 14528
Phonetic
component
不 不 不 羊
Rime
group
之 之 物 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
不 缶 弗 詳
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*ljaŋ/
Notes 象花柎與本同源 中古才促化

Adjective

不祥

  1. unlucky; ominous; inauspicious

Antonyms

Noun

不祥

  1. (obsolete or Classical) unlucky, ominous or inauspicious events

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不祥):
  • → Japanese: 不(ふ)祥(しょう) (fushō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 祥
ふ
Grade: 4
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不祥 (kyūjitai)

Adjective

不(ふ)祥(しょう) • (fushō) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)祥(しょう)な (fushō na), adverbial 不(ふ)祥(しょう)に (fushō ni))

  1. unlucky, ominous
  2. scandalous

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

不(ふ)祥(しょう) • (fushō) 

  1. misfortune
  2. scandal
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