嫘祖

Chinese

		surname	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (嫘祖)		嫘	祖
simp. #(嫘祖)		嫘	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Léizǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Léizǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Léizǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Lei²-tsu³
    • Yale: Léi-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leitzuu
    • Palladius: Лэйцзу (Lɛjczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ zou²
    • Yale: lèuih jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ t͡sou̯³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rul  ʔsaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁaʔ/
English	ancestor
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	嫘	祖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7740	10398
Phonetic component	畾	且
Rime group	微	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	㶟	祖
Old Chinese	/*rul/	/*ʔsaːʔ/
Notes	原從纍，此所注或體

Proper noun

嫘祖

1. (Chinese mythology) Leizu (legendary wife of the Yellow Emperor and discoverer of sericulture)

See also

• 嫘縈／嫘萦 (léiyíng)