軒轅

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Chinese

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covered carriage; pavilion shafts of cart; yamen
trad. (軒轅)
simp. (轩辕)
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Etymology

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personal name, toponym
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “"Chariot Frame" < "axle & shafts" (Huainanzi, Major's 2010 translation, ch. 3, n. 11) seems to be a folk etymology”
tall gate
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Semantically related to 轅門辕门 (yuánmén)?”

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (35)
Final () (65) (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter xjon hjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨɐn/ /ɦʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiɐn/ /ɦʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiɐn/ /ɣiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨan/ /ɦuan/
Li
Rong
/xiɐn/ /ɣiuɐn/
Wang
Li
/xĭɐn/ /ɣĭwɐn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xɨ̯ɐn/ /i̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hin1 jyun4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xuān yuán
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjon › ‹ hjwon ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰa[r]/ /*[ɢ]ʷa[n]/
English nobleman"s carriage carriage-pole

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3641 16222
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰan/ /*ɢʷan/

Noun

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軒轅

  1. (literary) tall gate

Proper noun

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軒轅

  1. (mythology) Xuanyuan, said to be the given name of the legendary Yellow Emperor
  2. (mythology) name of a hill
  3. (mythology) name of a nation west of ancient China
  4. (uranography) Xuanyuan, an asterism in the Chinese constellation of Star
  5. a surname