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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīngchǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄔㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ co²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jīngchǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄔㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingchuu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ co²
  - Yale: gīng chó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ tso²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ co²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kˠiæŋ t͡ʃʰɨʌ^X/▼

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/	/t͡ʃʰɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋ/	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋ/	/t͡ʃʰiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋ/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋ/	/t͡ʃʰiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋ/	/t͡ʃʰĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋ/	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	chǔ

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]reŋ s.r̥aʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*keŋ sŋ̊ʰraʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荊	楚
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng	chǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæng ›	‹ tsrhjo^X ›
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

(historical) Alternative name for 楚國／楚国 (Chǔguó), the state of Chu in ancient China.
(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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