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[dʒ]→[ʈʂʰ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Devoicing Aspiration Retraction Sinitic

Voiced postalveolar affricate to Voiceless aspirated retroflex affricate

The Middle Chinese voiced retroflex affricate [dʒ] of the 庄 group devoiced and became aspirated Mandarin [ʈʂʰ] in the level tone.

Phonetic Effects

Devoicing, Aspiration, Retraction

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 崇 dzrjuwng 'lofty'→chóng [ʈʂʰʊŋ]

Middle Chinese 床 dzrjang 'bed'→chuáng [ʈʂʰwaŋ]

Middle Chinese 查 dzrae 'inspect'→chá [ʈʂʰa]

More Devoicing Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [ɡʲ] → [tɕ] — Palatalization [g] → [k] — Voice Loss

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