樓蘭

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (樓蘭) 樓 蘭
simp. (楼兰) 楼 兰

Etymology

From a name in the native language of the kingdom, possibly of the shape *Kro-ran. Compare Modern Uyghur ⁧كروران⁩ (kroran, “Loulan”), Russian Крорайна (Krorajna).

First attested in the Records of the Grand Historian.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 樓 蘭
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 落侯切 落干切
Baxter luw lan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ləu/ /lɑn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ləu/ /lɑn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ləu/ /lɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ləw/ /lan/
Li
Rong		 /lu/ /lɑn/
Wang
Li		 /ləu/ /lɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lə̯u/ /lɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lóu lán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lau4 laan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蘭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lan ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k.rˁan/
English orchid

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 樓 蘭
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8453 6119
Phonetic
component		 婁 柬
Rime
group		 侯 元
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 樓 蘭
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·roː/ /*ɡ·raːn/

Proper noun

樓蘭

  1. (～國) Loulan Kingdom (an ancient kingdom in western China)
  2. (～社區) Loulan (a residential community in Ruoqiang, Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
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