戊戌

戊戌

Chinese

		5th heavenly stem	11th earthly branch; 7-9 pm
simp. and trad. (戊戌)		戊	戌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ seot¹
• Min Dong (BUC): muô-sáe̤k
• Min Nan (POJ): bō͘-sut / bō͘-sù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùsyu
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: wù-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhshiu
    • Palladius: усюй (usjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ seot¹
    • Yale: mouh sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² sɵt̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muô-sáe̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muo²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lɔyʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sut
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxsud
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² sut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ sut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sù
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxsux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /məu^H  siuɪt̚/

Rime
Character	戊	戌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	諄 (52)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫候切	辛聿切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuH/	/siuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/məuH/	/sʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/məuH/	/sjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwH/	/swit̚/
Li Rong	/muH/	/siuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/məuH/	/sĭuĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mə̯uH/	/si̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mòu	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau6	seot1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)uʔ-s  s.mi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mus  smid/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戊	戌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wù	xū
Middle Chinese	‹ muwH ›	‹ swit ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)uʔ-s/ (~ *m(r)uʔ)	/*s.mi[t]/
English	5th heavenly stem	11th earthly branch
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	戊	戌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13226	13945
Phonetic component	戊	戌
Rime group	幽	質
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	茂	卹
Old Chinese	/*mus/	/*smid/
Notes	朱芳圃雲劉之初文

Noun

戊戌

1. The thirty-fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Dog" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle) 干支; 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅, 丁卯, 戊辰, 己巳, 庚午, 辛未, 壬申, 癸酉, 甲戌, 乙亥, 丙子, 丁丑, 戊寅, 己卯, 庚辰, 辛巳, 壬午, 癸未, 甲申, 乙酉, 丙戌, 丁亥, 戊子, 己丑, 庚寅, 辛卯, 壬辰, 癸巳, 甲午, 乙未, 丙申, 丁酉, 戊戌, 己亥, 庚子, 辛丑, 壬寅, 癸卯, 甲辰, 乙巳, 丙午, 丁未, 戊申, 己酉, 庚戌, 辛亥, 壬子, 癸丑, 甲寅, 乙卯, 丙辰, 丁巳, 戊午, 己未, 庚申, 辛酉, 壬戌, 癸亥

Derived terms

戊戌政變／戊戌政变

戊戌變法／戊戌变法 (Wùxū Biànfǎ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (戊戌):

• → Japanese: 戊(ぼ)戌(じゅつ) (bojutsu)
• → Korean: 무술(戊戌) (musul)
• → Vietnamese: mậu tuất (戊戌)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
戊	戌
ぼ Jinmeiyō	じゅつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ぼ​じゅつ [bóꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

戊(ぼ)戌(じゅつ) • (bojutsu) 

1. the 35th year of the sexagenary cycle; the year of the Dog

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
戊	戌

Noun

戊戌 • (musul) (hangeul 무술)

1. Hanja form^? of 무술 (“the 35th year of the sexagenary cycle; the year of the Dog”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
戊	戌

Proper noun

戊戌

1. chữ Hán form of Mậu Tuất (“the 35th year of the sexagenary cycle; the year of the Dog”).