朔日

Chinese

		beginning; first day of lunar month	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (朔日)		朔	日
simp. #(朔日)		朔	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuòrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ jat⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuòrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuòrìh
    • Wade–Giles: shuo⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: shwò-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuohryh
    • Palladius: шожи (šoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ jat⁶
    • Yale: sok yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ jɐt̚²/

---

• Middle Chinese: sraewk nyit

Rime
Character	朔	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	所角切	人質切
Baxter	sraewk	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠʌk̚/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚɔk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɔk̚/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨwk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/ʃɔk̚/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ʃɔk̚/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂɔk̚/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuo	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sok3	jat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ŋrak  C.nik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋraːɡ  njiɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朔	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shuò	rì
Middle Chinese	‹ sræwk ›	‹ nyit ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ŋrak/	/*C.nik/
English	1st day of month	sun; day
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	朔	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9468	10845
Phonetic component	屰	日
Rime group	鐸	質
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	朔	日
Old Chinese	/*sŋraːɡ/	/*njiɡ/

Noun

朔日

1. first day of a month in the lunar calendar

Coordinate terms

• 望日 (wàngrì)
• 晦日 (huìrì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (朔日):

• → Japanese: 朔日(さくじつ) (sakujitsu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
朔	日
さく Jinmeiyō	じつ Grade: 1
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 朔日 (MC sraewk nyit).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さくじつ [sàkújítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ʑit͡sɨ]

Noun

朔(さく)日(じつ) • (sakujitsu) 

1. the first day of a month in the lunar calendar

   Synonyms: 朔 (saku), 朔月 (sakugetsu), 一日 (tsuitachi)

Coordinate terms

• 望(ぼう)日(じつ) (bōjitsu)
• 晦(かい)日(じつ) (kaijitsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
朔	日
ついたち
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 朔日 – see the following entry.

【一日ついたち】 [noun] the first day of the month (solar or lunar calendar) Alternative spellings 朔, 1日

(This term, 朔日, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)