豫章

Chinese

		beforehand; prepare; Henan Province (abbrev.)	chapter; seal; section
trad. (豫章)		豫	章
simp. #(豫章)		豫	章

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yùzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùjhang
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-chang¹
    • Yale: Yù-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhjang
    • Palladius: Юйчжан (Jujčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yoH tsyang

Rime
Character	豫	章
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊洳切	諸良切
Baxter	yoH	tsyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌH/	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔH/	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔH/	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆H/	/cɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iɔH/	/t͡ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭoH/	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯woH/	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	zhāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6	zoeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*laʔ-s  taŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*las  kjaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豫	章
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	zhāng
Middle Chinese	‹ yoH ›	‹ tsyang ›
Old Chinese	/*laʔ-s/	/*taŋ/
English	go on inspection tour	brilliant; distinctive mark; to display
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	豫	章
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15742	16817
Phonetic component	予	章
Rime group	魚	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	豫	章
Old Chinese	/*las/	/*kjaŋ/

Noun

豫章

1. (obsolete) a kind of tree (traditionally explained as camphorwood or related species)

   • 荊有長松、文梓、楩柟、豫章，宋無長木。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荆有长松、文梓、楩柟、豫章，宋无长木。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

     Jīng yǒu chángsōng, wénzǐ, piánnán, yùzhāng, Sòng wú chángmù. [Pinyin]

     In Jing there are tall pines, spruces, cedars, and camphor trees, while Song has no tall trees at all.

Proper noun

豫章

1. (historical) a geographic region east to the Han River, north to the River Chang Jiang, and south to the Huai He during the Spring and Autumn era

   • 冬，蔡侯、吳子、唐侯伐楚。舍舟于淮汭，自豫章與楚夾漢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     冬，蔡侯、吴子、唐侯伐楚。舍舟于淮汭，自豫章与楚夹汉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Dōng, Cài Hóu, Wú Zǐ, Táng Hóu fá Chǔ. Shè zhōu yú Huái ruì, zì Yùzhāng yǔ Chǔ jiā Hàn. [Pinyin]

     In the winter, the Lords of Cai, Wu, and Tang commenced the campaign against Chu. (The armies of Wu) left their carrier ships anchored by the Huai bank, marched through the land of Yuzhang, and confronted the Chu forces across the Han.

2. (historical) (～郡) Yuzhang, a commandery in present-day Nanchang, Jiangxi.