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west Zhou
trad. (西周) 西
simp. #(西周) 西
 
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (23)
Final () (39) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter sej tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sei/ /t͡ɕɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/sei/ /t͡ɕiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛi/ /t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛj/ /cuw/
Li
Rong
/sei/ /t͡ɕiu/
Wang
Li
/siei/ /t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siei/ /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1 zau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhōu
Middle
Chinese
‹ sej › ‹ tsyuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-nˁər/ /*tiw/
English west Zhōu (dynasty and place)

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 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 17531
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*tjɯw/
Notes

Proper noun

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西周

  1. (historical) the Western Zhou dynasty
  2. () (historical) Western Zhou (an ancient Chinese duchy under the Zhou dynasty)

See also

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Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
(~朝, ~代)
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
(~朝, ~代)
(~朝, ~代)
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
(~朝, ~代)
1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周东周
Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國战国
Qin
(~朝, ~代)
221 – 206 BCE
Han
(~朝, ~代)
206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢西汉
Xin
(~朝)
Eastern Han
東漢东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國三国
220 – 280 C.E. Wei
Shu Han
蜀漢蜀汉
Wu
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
265 – 420 C.E. Western Jin
西晉西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝
420 – 589 C.E. Northern dynasties
北朝
Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝
Liu Song
劉宋刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊南齐
Liang
(~朝, ~代)
Chen
(~朝, ~代)
Sui
(~朝, ~代)
581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
(~朝, ~代)
618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國五代十国
907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
(~朝, ~代)
907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
(~朝, ~代)
960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏
1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼西辽
1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
(~朝, ~代)
1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
(~朝, ~代)
1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
(~朝, ~代)
1636 – 1912 C.E.