漢北

Chinese

		Han River	north
trad. (漢北)		漢	北
simp. (汉北)		汉	北
anagram		北漢／北汉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hànběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hànběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hànběi
    • Wade–Giles: Han⁴-pei³
    • Yale: Hàn-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hannbeei
    • Palladius: Ханьбэй (Xanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: xanH pok

Rime
Character	漢	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	登 (131)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼旰切	博墨切
Baxter	xanH	pok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑnH/	/pək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑnH/	/pək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑnH/	/pək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hanH/	/pək̚/
Li Rong	/xɑnH/	/pək̚/
Wang Li	/xɑnH/	/pək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑnH/	/pək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon3	bak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥ˤar-s  pˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hnaːns  pɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漢	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hàn	běi
Middle Chinese	‹ xanH ›	‹ pok ›
Old Chinese	/*n̥ˁar-s/ (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-, *-r > *-n)	/*pˁək/
English	(river name)	north
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	漢	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4905	414
Phonetic component	暵	北
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	漢	北
Old Chinese	/*hnaːns/	/*pɯːɡ/

Proper noun

漢北

1. (historical) region north of the Han River in Central China

   • 有鳥自南兮，來集漢北。好姱佳麗兮，牉獨處此異域。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有鸟自南兮，来集汉北。好姱佳丽兮，牉独处此异域。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Yǒu niǎo zì nán xī, lái jí Hànběi. Hǎo kuā jiālì xī, pàn dúchù cǐ yìyù. [Pinyin]

     A bird from the south
     Flew north of the Han River and perched on a tree.
     Though fine feathered and beautiful,
     A solitary life it leads in a strange land.

2. (Korean Classical Chinese) region north of the Han River in Korea (usually refers specifically to Seoul, which in traditional times was only north of the Han)