| Western Chu | overlord and king; hegemon; overlord | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (西楚霸王) | 西楚 | 霸王 | |
| simp. #(西楚霸王) | 西楚 | 霸王 | |
| Rime | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 西 | 楚 | 霸 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 初 (19) | 幫 (1) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 魚 (22) | 麻 (98) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV | III | II | III |
| Fanqie | 先稽切 | 創舉切 | 必駕切 | 雨方切 |
| Baxter | sej | tsrhjoX | paeH | hjwang |
| Reconstructions | ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sei/ | /t͡ʃʰɨʌX/ | /pˠaH/ | /ɦʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sei/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/ | /pᵚaH/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sɛi/ | /t͡ʃʰiɔX/ | /paH/ | /ɣiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/sɛj/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/ | /paɨH/ | /ɦuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/sei/ | /t͡ʃʰiɔX/ | /paH/ | /ɣiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/siei/ | /t͡ʃʰĭoX/ | /paH/ | /ɣĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/siei/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/ | /paH/ | /iwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xī | chǔ | bà | wáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
sai1 | co2 | baa3 | wong4 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 西 | 楚 | 霸 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xī | chǔ | bà | wáng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sej › | ‹ tsrhjoX › | ‹ pæH › | ‹ hjwang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-nˁər/ | /*[s.r̥]aʔ/ | /*pˁrak-s/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |
| English | west | arrange in order | have hegemony | king |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 西 | 楚 | 霸 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 13236 | 11781 | 181 | 12742 |
| Phonetic component |
西 | 疋 | 霸 | 王 |
| Rime group |
微 | 魚 | 暮 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
西 | 楚 | 霸 | 王 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sɯːl/ | /*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/ | /*praːɡs/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |