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赤道

赤道

Chinese

 
red; scarlet; bare; naked
 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad.
(赤道) 		赤 道

Noun

赤道

  1. equator (of earth, or any astronomical body)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (赤道):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤 道
せき
Grade: 1 		どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

赤道 ‎(hiragana せきどう, romaji sekidō)

  1. (geography) equator

Related terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
赤 道

Noun

赤道 • ‎(jeokdo) ‎(hangeul 적도)

  1. Hanja form? of 적도, “equator”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
赤 道

Noun

赤道

  1. Hán tự form of xích đạo, “equator”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 昌 (24) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 昔 (123) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 昌石切 徒晧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/ /dɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ /dɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰiæk̚/ /dɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰiajk̚/ /dawX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ /dɑuX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/ /dɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/ /dʱɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chi dào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 道
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[kə.l]ˤuʔ/
English way

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 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1477 11669
Phonetic
component		 赤 首
Rime
group		 鐸 幽
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 尺 道
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰljaɡ/ /*l'uːʔ/

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