荊楚

See also: 荆楚

Chinese

Jing Chu
trad. (荊楚) 荊 楚
simp. (荆楚) 荆 楚

Etymology

A combination of the local name Chu (楚) with its Qin name Jing (荊／荆), derived from the ancient district of that name (荊州／荆州) which was used by Qin after the mid-3rd century BCE owing to a naming taboo related to its king Ying Zichu (嬴子楚), father of the First Emperor.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 荊 楚
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 舉卿切 創舉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiæŋ/ /t͡ʃʰɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚiaŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiaŋ/ /t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kiajŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /kiɐŋ/ /t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Wang
Li		 /kĭɐŋ/ /t͡ʃʰĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯ɐŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jīng chǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 荊 楚
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jīng chǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjæng › ‹ tsrhjoX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]reŋ/ /*s.r̥aʔ/
English briar name of a state

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 荊 楚
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 6851 11781
Phonetic
component		 井 疋
Rime
group		 耕 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 驚 楚
Old
Chinese		 /*keŋ/ /*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/

Proper noun

荊楚

  1. (historical) Alternative name for 楚國／楚国 (Chǔguó), the state of Chu in ancient China.
  2. (literary) The territory and cultural area of the former state of Chu, roughly corresponding with present-day Hubei and Henan around the middle Yangtze River.
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