巫覡

巫覡

Chinese

		witch; Malay	wizard
trad. (巫覡)		巫	覡
simp. (巫觋)		巫	觋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ hat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wusí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ hat⁶
    • Yale: mòuh haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ hɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨo  ɦek̚/

Rime
Character	巫	覡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	武夫切	胡狄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ɦek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ɦek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ɦɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ɣek̚/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ɣiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ɣiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	xí

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma  ɡeːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wū
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›
Old Chinese	/*C.m(r)[o]/
English	magician
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	巫	覡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13062	13398
Phonetic component	巫	覡
Rime group	魚	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	無	檄
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ɡeːɡ/
Notes		或雲見亦聲

Noun

巫覡

1. male and female sorcerers and shamans

   出戶而巫覡有事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   出户而巫觋有事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Xunzi, circa 3^rd century BCE

   Chūhù ér wūxí yǒushì. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)