益友

Chinese

benefit; increase friend
simp. and trad.
(益友)
益 友

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 益 友
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 清 (123) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 伊昔切 云久切
Baxter 'jiek hjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇk̚/ /ɦɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛk̚/ /ɦiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiæk̚/ /ɣiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiajk̚/ /ɦuwX/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛk̚/ /ɣiuX/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛk̚/ /ɣĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛk̚/ /i̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi yǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jik1 jau5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 益 友
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yì yǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjiek › ‹ hjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*q[i]k/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek) /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/
English increase friend

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 益 友
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15081 15596
Phonetic
component
益 又
Rime
group
錫 之
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
益 有
Old
Chinese
/*qleɡ/ /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Noun

益友

  1. (literary) friend and mentor; helpful friend; wise companion
  2. (~卦) A combination 四上一中三下 in the Lingqijing.

Derived terms

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