宇文

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(宇文)
宇 文

Etymology

From Xianbei.

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character 宇 文
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 王矩切 無分切
Baxter hjuX mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨoX/ /mɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦioX/ /miun/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣioX/ /miuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuə̆X/ /mun/
Li
Rong
/ɣioX/ /miuən/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuX/ /mĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯uX/ /mi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǔ wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu5 man4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宇 文
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǔ wén
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjuX › ‹ mjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/ /*mə[n]/
English eaves ornate

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 宇 文
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15719 13015
Phonetic
component
于 文
Rime
group
魚 文
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
羽 文
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaʔ/ /*mɯn/

Proper noun

宇文

  1. a surname from Xianbei
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