白雪

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
snow
trad. (白雪) 白 雪
simp. #(白雪) 白 雪
anagram 雪白

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 白 雪
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 陌 (113) 薛 (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 傍陌切 相絕切
Baxter baek sjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /siuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /sʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /sjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /swiat̚/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /siuɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /sĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /si̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bó xue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 syut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 白 雪
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bái xuě
Middle
Chinese
‹ bæk › ‹ sjwet ›
Old
Chinese
/*bˁrak/ /*[s]ot/
English white snow

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 白 雪
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 207 5477
Phonetic
component
白 彗
Rime
group
鐸 月
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
白 雪
Old
Chinese
/*braːɡ/ /*sqʰʷed/

Noun

白雪

  1. white snow

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

白雪 (Shirayuki): Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
Kanji in this term
白 雪
しら
Grade: 1
ゆき
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しら​ゆき [shìráꜜyùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠jɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (shirayuki) 

  1. (literal) white snow
Derived terms

Proper noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (Shirayuki) 

  1. Snow White
  2. a female given name
  3. a surname
Usage notes

The character name is generally always followed by a suffix, such as さん (san) or 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白 雪
はく
Grade: 1
せつ
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 白雪 (MC baek sjwet, literally “white + snow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はくせつ [hàkúsétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

白(はく)雪(せつ) • (hakusetsu) 

  1. (literal) white snow
Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Princess Shikishi, Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi‎, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
白雪

Noun

白雪 • (baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: paeksŏl or Yale: paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

  1. Hanja form? of 백설 (“white snow”).

Proper noun

白雪 • (Baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: Paeksŏl or Yale: Paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

  1. Hanja form? of 백설 (“Snow White”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白雪

Proper noun

白雪

  1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Tuyết (“Snow White”).
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