Chinese

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not; no auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad.
(不祥)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial () (1) (1) (1) (17)
Final () (136) (136) (60) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division () III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut zjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /zɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /ziɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /ziɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /zɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /ziaŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /zĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /zi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu xiáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 coeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ zjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*s.ɢaŋ/
English not auspicious

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
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
No. 1025 1029 1048 14528
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*ljaŋ/
Notes

Adjective

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不祥

  1. unlucky; ominous; inauspicious

Antonyms

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Noun

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不祥

  1. (obsolete or Classical) unlucky, ominous or inauspicious events

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (不祥):
  • Japanese: ()(しょう) (fushō)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
不祥 (kyūjitai)

Adjective

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()(しょう) (fushō-na (adnominal ()(しょう) (fushō na), adverbial ()(しょう) (fushō ni))

  1. unlucky, ominous
  2. scandalous

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Noun

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()(しょう) (fushō

  1. misfortune
  2. scandal
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