軒轅

Chinese

		covered carriage; pavilion	shafts of cart; yamen
trad. (軒轅)		軒	轅
simp. (轩辕)		轩	辕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hian-oân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanyuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-yüan²
    • Yale: sywān-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanyuan
    • Palladius: сюаньюань (sjuanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: hīn yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian-oân
    • Tâi-lô: hian-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hien'oaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² uan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjon hjwon

Rime
Character	軒	轅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚言切	雨元切
Baxter	xjon	hjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐn/	/ɦʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐn/	/ɦʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐn/	/ɣiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨan/	/ɦuan/
Li Rong	/xiɐn/	/ɣiuɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭɐn/	/ɣĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɨ̯ɐn/	/i̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰa[r]  [ɢ]ʷa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰan  ɢʷan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軒	轅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuān	yuán
Middle Chinese	‹ xjon ›	‹ hjwon ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰa[r]/	/*[ɢ]ʷa[n]/
English	nobleman"s carriage	carriage-pole
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	軒	轅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3641	16222
Phonetic component	干	袁
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	軒	袁
Old Chinese	/*qʰan/	/*ɢʷan/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 軒轅

1. (literary) tall gate

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 軒轅

1. (mythology) Xuanyuan, the given name of the legendary Yellow Emperor
2. (uranography) Xuanyuan, an asterism in the Chinese constellation of Star
3. a surname