| yellow | bird; lentigo; sparrow | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (黃雀) | 黃 | 雀 | |
| simp. (黄雀) | 黄 | 雀 | |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 黃 | 雀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) | 陽 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 胡光切 | 即略切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦwɑŋ/ | /t͡sɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷɑŋ/ | /t͡siɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɑŋ/ | /t͡siɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwaŋ/ | /t͡sɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuɑŋ/ | /t͡siak̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣuɑŋ/ | /t͡sĭak̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣwɑŋ/ | /t͡si̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huáng | jue |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
wong4 | zoek3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 黃 | 雀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
huáng | què |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hwang › | ‹ tsjak › |
| Old Chinese |
/*N-kʷˁaŋ/ | /*[ts]ewk/ |
| English | yellow | sparrow |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 黃 | 雀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 5380 | 10745 |
| Phonetic component |
黄 | 雀 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
黃 | 爵 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ | /*ʔsewɢ/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象繫市（韍）之圍腰綬帶，取唐蘭釋黃爲衡綬但不取其尪本字說。非光聲 | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黃 | 雀 |
| こう Jinmeiyō |
じゃく Jinmeiyō |
| kan’on | kan’yōon |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 黃雀 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 黃雀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |