玉環

Chinese

jade
 
bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround
bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround; to loop; loop
trad. (玉環) 玉 環
simp. (玉环) 玉 环

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 玉 環
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 鍾 (8) 刪 (70)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 魚欲切 戸關切
Baxter ngjowk hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨok̚/ /ɦˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiok̚/ /ɦʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiok̚/ /ɣuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuawk̚/ /ɦwaɨn/
Li
Rong
/ŋiok̚/ /ɣuan/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwok̚/ /ɣwan/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯wok̚/ /ɣwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wù huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
juk6 waan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 玉 環
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yù huán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjowk › ‹ hwæn ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ŋ](r)ok/ (< uvular?) /*C.ɢʷˁ<r>en/
English jade ring (n.)

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 玉 環
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15971 16231
Phonetic
component
玉 睘
Rime
group
屋 元
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
玉 還
Old
Chinese
/*ŋoɡ/ /*ɡʷraːn/

Noun

玉環

  1. jade ring
  2. (Classical Chinese, figurative) round moon
  3. (music) a kind of pipa

Proper noun

玉環

  1. (~市, formerly ~縣) Yuhuan (a county-level city and former county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)
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