契丹

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Chinese[edit]

phonetic
trad. (契丹)
simp. #(契丹)
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Etymology[edit]

A Middle Chinese transcription of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, Khitan). First attested in the Book of Wei [554].

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial () (29) (5)
Final () (58) (61)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter khj+t tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨt̚/ /tɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɨt̚/ /tɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiət̚/ /tɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɨt̚/ /tan/
Li
Rong
/kʰiət̚/ /tɑn/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭət̚/ /tɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯ət̚/ /tɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qi dān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hat1 daan1
"Khitan" written in the Khitan small script.

Proper noun[edit]

契丹

  1. The Khitans (the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then Northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitai, from the 9th to 13th century C.E..)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (契丹):
  • Japanese: 契丹(きったん) (Kittan)
  • Korean: 거란(契丹) (Georan)

Japanese[edit]

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Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: S

Proper noun[edit]

契丹(きったん) (Kittan

  1. the Mongolian Khitan tribe that ruled Manchuria from 907–1115 C.E..