初弦

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	bow string; string of mus. instr.
simp. and trad. (初弦)		初	弦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūxián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chūxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰɨʌ ɦen/▼

Rime
Character	初	弦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	楚居切	胡田切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨʌ/	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔ/	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɔ/	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆/	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiɔ/	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭo/	/ɣien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯wo/	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū	xián

Noun

初弦

(literary) the moon on the 7th or 8th day of each month in the lunar calendar (when the moon looks like a bowstring)

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