扶南

扶南

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help	south
simp. and trad. (扶南)		扶	南

Etymology

Related to Modern Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Fúnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwunan
    • IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ nän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨo|pɨo  nʌm/▼

Rime
Character	扶	扶	南
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	防無切	甫無切	那含切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo/	/pɨo/	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/bio/	/pio/	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/bio/	/pio/	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆/	/puə̆/	/nəm/
Li Rong	/bio/	/pio/	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/bĭu/	/pĭu/	/nɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u/	/pi̯u/	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	fū	nán

Proper noun

扶南

1. Funan, an ancient kingdom of Southeast Asia