不祥

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 不 不 不 祥
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 文 (60) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III III
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 似羊切
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /zi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu xiáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 coeng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 不 祥
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bù 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 不 不 不 祥
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
No. 1025 1029 1048 14528
Phonetic
component
不 不 不 羊
Rime
group
之 之 物 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
不 缶 弗 詳
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*ljaŋ/
Notes 象花柎與本同源 中古才促化

Adjective

不祥

  1. unlucky; ominous; inauspicious

Antonyms

Noun

不祥

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不祥):
  • → Japanese: 不(ふ)祥(しょう) (fushō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 祥
ふ
Grade: 4
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不祥 (kyūjitai)

Adjective

不(ふ)祥(しょう) • (fushō) -na, adnominal 不(ふ)祥(しょう)な (fushō na), adverbial 不(ふ)祥(しょう)に (fushō ni)

  1. unlucky, ominous
  2. scandalous

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

不(ふ)祥(しょう) • (fushō) 

  1. misfortune
  2. scandal
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