決明

Chinese

breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (決明)
simp. (决明)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (28) (4)
Final () (88) (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter kwet mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwet̚/ /mˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷet̚/ /mᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɛt̚/ /miaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwɛt̚/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong
/kuet̚/ /miɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/kiwet̚/ /mĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiwet̚/ /mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jue míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gyut3 ming4

Noun

決明

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) sicklepod; Chinese senna (Senna obtusifolia)

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