春分

Chinese
spring divide
trad. (春分) 春 分
simp. #(春分) 春 分

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 春 分
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 諄 (47) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 昌脣切 府文切
Baxter tsyhwin pjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰiuɪn/ /pɨun/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰʷin/ /piun/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰjuen/ /piuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰwin/ /pun/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiuĕn/ /piuən/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/ /pĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/ /pi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chūn fēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ceon1 fan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 春 分
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chūn fēn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhwin › ‹ pjun ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰun/ /*pə[n]/
English springtime divide

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 春 分
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 12573 3148
Phonetic
component		 屯 分
Rime
group		 文 文
Rime
subdivision		 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 春 分
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰjun/ /*pɯn/
Notes 說文從艸從日屯聲，
實屯繁化轉註字

Proper noun

春分

  1. The fourth of the twenty-four solar terms, around March 20th or 21st, which is on the spring equinox.

Coordinate terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (春分):
  • → Japanese: 春分(しゅんぶん) (Shunbun)
  • → Korean: 춘분(春分) (chunbun)
  • → Vietnamese: Xuân phân (春分)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
春 分
しゅん
Grade: 2		 ぶん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝmbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Proper noun

春(しゅん)分(ぶん) • (Shunbun) 

  1. the vernal equinox
  2. the day of the vernal equinox

Synonyms
  • (the day of the vernal equinox): 春分の日

See also

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
春分

Proper noun

春分

  1. chữ Hán form of Xuân phân (“the vernal equinox, the day of the vernal equinox”).
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