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生物

生物

Chinese

 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 thing; object; matter
simp. and trad.
(生物) 		生 物

Noun

生物

  1. organism; living being; life form   (Classifier: 個／个)
  2. biology
  3. (Magic: The Gathering) creature   (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

Adjective

生物

  1. (attributive) biological; bio-

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生物):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生 物
せい
Grade: 1 		ぶつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

生物 ‎(hiragana せいぶつ, romaji seibutsu)

  1. organism, creature

Related terms

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 生 物
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 所庚切 文弗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʃˠæŋ/ /mɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʃᵚaŋ/ /miut̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʃaŋ/ /miuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʂaɨjŋ/ /mut̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʃɐŋ/ /miuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /ʃɐŋ/ /mĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʂɐŋ/ /mi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shēng wù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 生 物
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shēng wù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sræng › ‹ mjut ›
Old
Chinese		 /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*C.mut/
English bear, be born; live thing

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 生 物
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11312 13218
Phonetic
component		 生 勿
Rime
group		 耕 物
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 生 物
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰleːŋ/ /*mɯd/

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