法古

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (法古)		法	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎgǔ [Phonetic: fágǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-ku³
    • Yale: fǎ-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaguu
    • Palladius: фагу (fagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: pjop kuX

Rime
Character	法	古
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	方乏切	公戸切
Baxter	pjop	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨɐp̚/	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/piɐp̚/	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɐp̚/	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puap̚/	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/piɐp̚/	/koX/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐp̚/	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐp̚/	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat3	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[p.k]ap  kˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pqab  kaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	法	古
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǎ	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ pjop ›	‹ kuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[p.k]ap/	/*kˁaʔ/
English	model, law	ancient
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	法	古
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2867	4219
Phonetic component	法	古
Rime group	盍	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	法	古
Old Chinese	/*pqab/	/*kaːʔ/
Notes	說文灋省文

Verb

法古

1. to imitate ancient time or people