河北

Chinese

river north
simp. and trad.
(河北)
anagram 北河
Literally: “north of the river”.

Etymology

Hebei
So named as it lies on the north of the Yellow River.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (1)
Final () (94) (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /pək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /pək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /pək̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /pək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
běi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ha › ‹ pok ›
Old
Chinese
/*[C.ɡ]ˤaj/ /*pˤək/
English river north

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7459 414
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːl/ /*pɯːɡ/

Proper noun

河北

  1. () Hebei (province of China)
  2. (historical) region north of the Yellow River
  3. () Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ほく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

河北 (hiragana かほく, rōmaji Kahoku)

  1. Hebei
  2. a place name, such as that of Kahoku Town in Yamagata Prefecture
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