自古

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Chinese

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from ancient
simp. and trad.
(自古)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (28)
Final () (15) (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzijH kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziɪH/ /kuoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziH/ /kuoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjɪH/ /koX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziH/ /kɔX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziH/ /koX/
Wang
Li
/d͡ziH/ /kuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱiH/ /kuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi6 gu2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzijH › ‹ kuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.[b]i[t]-s/ /*kˁaʔ/
English to follow; from ancient

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 17879 4219
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljids/ /*kaːʔ/

Adverb

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自古

  1. from time immemorial; since ancient times

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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