三さん十じゅう六ろく字じ母ぼ

noun

36 Initials

A traditional Chinese phonological system for classifying the initial consonants of Middle Chinese, used in historical linguistics and the study of kanji readings.

• 三さん十じゅう六ろく字じ母ぼは、中ちゅう国ごく音おん韻いん学がくで中ちゅう古こ音おんの頭とう子し音いんを分ぶん類るいするために使つかわれた。

  The 36 Initials were used in Chinese phonology to classify the initial consonants of Middle Chinese.