稽首

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Chinese

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bow to the ground; inspect; check
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
trad. (稽首)
simp. #(稽首)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial () (29) (26)
Final () (39) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter khejX syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰeiX/ /ɕɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰeiX/ /ɕiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɛiX/ /ɕiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɛjX/ /ɕuwX/
Li
Rong
/kʰeiX/ /ɕiuX/
Wang
Li
/kʰieiX/ /ɕĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰieiX/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hai2 sau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 4/4 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ khejX › ‹ syuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[kʰ]ˁijʔ/ /*l̥uʔ/
English bow the head to the ground head

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 # 2/2 1/2
No. 17318 11671
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰiːʔ/ /*hljuʔ/

Verb

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稽首

  1. to qishou, a ritual showing the highest degree of homage and respect (to kneel, put one's hands crossed on the ground, bow, and rest the forehead upon the hands)