赤道

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

Etymology
“celestial equator”
From the convention in Chinese astronomy to use a red line for the equator. See also 黃道／黄道 (huángdào) and 白道 (báidào).
“equator”
New meaning by Matteo Ricci. (Huang, 2003)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 昌 (24) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 清 (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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cik1 dou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 赤 道
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chì dào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhek › ‹ dawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[t-qʰ](r)Ak/ /*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/
English red 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/

Noun

赤道

  1. (astronomy) celestial equator
  2. (geography) equator

Derived terms
  • 北赤道海流
  • 赤道洋流
  • 赤道雨林
  • 赤道非洲
  • 赤道面
  • 赤道儀／赤道仪
  • 赤道幾內亞／赤道几内亚 (Chìdào Jǐnèiyà)
  • 赤道幾內亞共和國／赤道几内亚共和国
  • 赤道無風帶／赤道无风带
  • 赤道群島／赤道群岛
  • 赤道雨林氣候／赤道雨林气候

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (赤道):

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

Etymology
From Literary Chinese.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せきどー [sèkídóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞kʲido̞ː]

Noun

赤(せき)道(どう) • (sekidō) 

  1. (geography) equator

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
赤道

Noun

赤道 • (jeokdo) (hangeul 적도)

  1. Hanja form? of 적도 (“equator”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
赤道

Noun

赤道

  1. chữ Hán form of xích đạo (“equator”).
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