Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 根

Modern (Beijing) reading: gēn

Preclassic Old Chinese: kǝ̄n

Classic Old Chinese: kǝ̄n

Western Han Chinese: kǝ̄n

Eastern Han Chinese: kǝ̄n

Early Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̄n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̄n

Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̄n

Middle Chinese: kʌn

English meaning : root, trunk

Russian meaning[s]: 1) корень растения; 2) корень, основание; подошва; 3) начало, источник возникновения, исток; 4) мат. корень, радикал; 5) счетный суффикс для длинных предметов - веревок, палок и т. д.; 6) Гэнь (фамилия)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 5770

Karlgren code: 0416 b

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kɨ̄ɫ

Meaning: root, bottom

Chinese: 根 *kǝ̄n root, trunk.

Tibetan: khul-ma the bottom, or the side of a thing.

Kiranti: Kulung kǝl tusk (of elephant), fang (of snake, pig, tiger)

Comments: Gong 65. Cf. also Mikir aŋkur, kur, Pumi *r-kV 'root'.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 962

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 根

MC description : 臻開一平痕見

ZIHUI: 2704 2089

Beijing: kǝn 11

Jinan: kẽ 11

Xi'an: kẽ 11

Taiyuan: kǝŋ 1

Hankou: kǝn 11

Chengdu: kǝn 11

Yangzhou: kǝn 11

Suzhou: kǝn 11

Wenzhou: kaŋ 11

Changsha: kǝn 11

Shuangfeng: kiɛ̃ 11

Nanchang: kiɛn 11

Meixian: kɛn 11

Guangzhou: kan 11

Xiamen: kun 11

Chaozhou: kɨŋ 11

Fuzhou: kouŋ 12 (lit.); kyŋ 11

Shanghai: kǝŋ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: kǝn 1

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