顓頊

Chinese

		surname; good; simple	grieved; anxious
trad. (顓頊)		顓	頊
simp. (颛顼)		颛	顼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhuānxū, Zhuānxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄩ, ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ juk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Choan-hiok / Chhoan-hiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuānxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuansyu
    • Wade–Giles: Chuan¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: Jwān-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juanshiu
    • Palladius: Чжуаньсюй (Čžuanʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuānxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuansyù
    • Wade–Giles: Chuan¹-hsü⁴
    • Yale: Jwān-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juanshiuh
    • Palladius: Чжуаньсюй (Čžuanʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ juk¹
    • Yale: jyūn yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ jʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Choan-hiok
    • Tâi-lô: Tsuan-hiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoanhiog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³ hiɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoan-hiok
    • Tâi-lô: Tshuan-hiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoanhiog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsywen xjowk

Rime
Character	顓	頊
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職緣切	許玉切
Baxter	tsywen	xjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/	/hɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/	/hiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/	/xiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/	/huawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/	/xiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/	/xĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/	/xi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun1	huk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjon  hŋoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ xjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)ok/
English	disconcerted
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	顓	頊
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	2513	15974
Phonetic component	耑	玉
Rime group	元	屋
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	專	旭
Old Chinese	/*tjon/	/*hŋoɡ/

Proper noun

顓頊

1. (Chinese mythology) Zhuanxu (legendary emperor of ancient China)

Synonyms

• 高陽／高阳 (Gāoyáng)

Derived terms

• 顓頊曆／颛顼历