So, the 切韻 Qièyùn organizes each of its tone categories into 193 rime categories. This is explicit in the organization of the work. But one could also come up with rime categories by forming chains of the 反切下字 fǎnqiè xiàngzì. Does this yield the same 193 categories? Has someone checked? Where can I read about it.
Chilin Shih
If there is a 切韻 Qièyùn or 廣韻 guangyun online, this can be calculated straightforwardly. Do you have an electronic version?
Without the database in hand, my guess is that it will be much more than 193 categories for multiple characters are used as 反切下字 for the same rhyme.
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