匈奴

Chinese

Hungary; thorax; chest slave
trad. (匈奴) 匈 奴
simp. #(匈奴) 匈 奴

Etymology

Schuessler (2014) reconstructs its 318 BCE pronunciation as *hoŋ-nâ and later *hɨoŋ-nɑ, which he suggests to be a Han or pre-Han transcription of foreign *Hŏna or *Hŭna, which may be connected to Sanskrit हूण (hūṇa), Huns, Latin Hunni, Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi) (ibid.; Pulleyblank, 2000).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 匈 奴
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 許容切 乃都切
Baxter xjowng nu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨoŋ/ /nuo/
Pan
Wuyun
/hioŋ/ /nuo/
Shao
Rongfen
/xioŋ/ /no/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huawŋ/ /nɔ/
Li
Rong
/xioŋ/ /no/
Wang
Li
/xĭwoŋ/ /nu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯woŋ/ /nuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiōng nú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hung1 nou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奴
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nú
Middle
Chinese
‹ nu ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁa/
English slave

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 匈 奴
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13890 9600
Phonetic
component
凶 女
Rime
group
東 魚
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
胷 奴
Old
Chinese
/*qʰoŋ/ /*naː/
Notes 説文胷字見集韻

Proper noun

匈奴

  1. (historical) Xiongnu (ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han dynasty)

Synonyms

  • (Zhou dynasty) 獫狁/猃狁, 玁狁/𤞤狁
  • (Shang dynasty) 鬼方 (Guǐfāng)
  • (Xia dynasty) 獯鬻 (Xūnyù), 葷粥/荤粥

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (匈奴):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
匈 奴
きょう
Hyōgaiji
ど
Grade: S
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
匈 奴
Hyōgaiji Grade: S
irregular

Proper noun

匈(きょう)奴(ど) • (Kyōdo) 

  1. The Xiongnu peoples, the Huns

Proper noun

匈奴(フンヌ) or 匈奴(フン) • (Funnu or Fun) 

  1. Hun

Korean

Hanja in this term
匈奴

Proper noun

匈奴 • (Hyungno) (hangeul 흉노)

  1. Hanja form? of 흉노 (“Xiongnu”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
匈奴

Proper noun

匈奴

  1. chữ Hán form of Hung Nô (“Xiongnu”).
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