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Character: 莧
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rēns
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rēnh
Western Han Chinese: grjānh (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: griānh (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈̀n
English meaning : a plant with red stem [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: бот. бархатник, петуший гребешок (Amaranthus mangostanus)
Comments: Also used for *g(h)ʷrānʔ, MC ɣwạ́n, Pek. huàn "smile" (probably as a corruption of 莞 q.v.)
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 7452
Karlgren code: 0241 h
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōnH (~-ɫH)
Meaning: smile, joke
Burmese: hrwanh be joyful.
Comments: May be the same root as *roɫH light (q. v.). stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-comments,
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