家書

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	book; letter
trad. (家書)		家	書
simp. (家书)		家	书
anagram		書家／书家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiashu
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-shu¹
    • Yale: jyā-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiashu
    • Palladius: цзяшу (czjašu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ syu¹
    • Yale: gā syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kae syo

Rime
Character	家	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古牙切	傷魚切
Baxter	kae	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ka/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/ka/	/ɕĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	syu1

Noun

家書

1. letter to or from one's family or home