久遠

See also: 久远

Chinese

(long) time; (long) duration of time far; distant; remote
trad. (久遠) 久 遠
simp. (久远) 久 远

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 久 遠
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 舉有切 雲阮切
Baxter kjuwX hjwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨuX/ /ɦʉɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiuX/ /ɦʷiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəuX/ /ɣiuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuwX/ /ɦuanX/
Li
Rong
/kiuX/ /ɣiuɐnX/
Wang
Li
/kĭəuX/ /ɣĭwɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ə̯uX/ /i̯wɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǔ yuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau2 jyun5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 久 遠
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǔ yuǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuwX › ‹ hjwonX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷəʔ/ /*C.ɢʷanʔ/
English a long time far

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 久 遠
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 6969 16226
Phonetic
component
久 袁
Rime
group
之 元
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
久 遠
Old
Chinese
/*kʷlɯʔ/ /*ɢʷanʔ/

Adjective

久遠

  1. a long time ago; far back

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
久 遠
く
Grade: 5
おん
Grade: 2

Alternative forms

  • 久遠の (kuon no): of or relating to eternity, eternal

Etymology 1

From ku (久, of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long time) + on (遠, distant (in time), far-off, remote).

Pronunciation

Noun

久(く)遠(おん) • (kuon) ←くをん (kuwon)?

  1. eternity

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
久 遠
きゅう
Grade: 5
えん
Grade: 2

From kyū (久, of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long time) + en (遠, distant (in time), far-off, remote).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きゅうえん [kyùúéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

久(きゅう)遠(えん) • (kyūen) ←きうゑん (kiuwen)?

  1. eternity

Usage notes

  • kuon is more commonly used than kyūen

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

References

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