皇天后土

Chinese

the great and almighty heavens above; oh my God earth god; Houtu; the vast earth
simp. and trad.
(皇天后土)
皇天 后土

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 皇 天 后 后 土
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/2 2/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 透 (6) 匣 (33) 匣 (33) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 唐 (102) 先 (85) 侯 (137) 侯 (137) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open Open Open
Division (等) I IV I I I
Fanqie 胡光切 他前切 胡口切 胡遘切 他魯切
Baxter hwang then huwX huwH thuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑŋ/ /tʰen/ /ɦəuX/ /ɦəuH/ /tʰuoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑŋ/ /tʰen/ /ɦəuX/ /ɦəuH/ /tʰuoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑŋ/ /tʰɛn/ /ɣəuX/ /ɣəuH/ /tʰoX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaŋ/ /tʰɛn/ /ɦəwX/ /ɦəwH/ /tʰɔX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑŋ/ /tʰen/ /ɣuX/ /ɣuH/ /tʰoX/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑŋ/ /tʰien/ /ɣəuX/ /ɣəuH/ /tʰuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑŋ/ /tʰien/ /ɣə̯uX/ /ɣə̯uH/ /tʰuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huáng tiān hòu hòu tǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 tin1 hau6 hau6 tou2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 皇 皇 天 天 后 土
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huáng huáng tiān xiān hòu tǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwang › ‹ hwang › ‹ then › ‹ xen › ‹ huwX › ‹ thuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ /*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ /*l̥ˁi[n]/ /*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-) /*ɢˁ(r)oʔ/ /*tʰˁaʔ/
English yellow and white spotted sovereign heaven heaven sovereign; queen earth

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 皇 天 后 后 土
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/2 2/2 1/2
No. 12696 12387 5168 5172 12499
Phonetic
component
王 天 后 后 土
Rime
group
陽 眞 侯 侯 魚
Rime
subdivision
0 1 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
黃 天 厚 𠋫 土
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*qʰl'iːn/ /*ɡoːʔ/ /*ɡoːs/ /*l̥ʰaːʔ/
Notes 禮王制鄭注冕屬,
金文象羽冠,王聲
;或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文

Idiom

皇天后土

  1. the gods of heaven and earth
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