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Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rānʔ
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rā́n
Western Han Chinese: grā́n (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: grā́n (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄́n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄́n (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄́n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ́n
English meaning : beautiful, refined
Russian meaning[s]: свирепый; воинственный
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 3417
Karlgren code: 0191 g
Shijing occurrences: 55.1_, 55.2_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KēnH ( ~ Q-; r-)
Meaning: beautiful, adorn
Chinese: *g_rēnʔ beautiful, refined.
Tibetan: rgjan ornament, decoration, brgjan to adorn, decorate, also sgron (p., f. bsgron) adorn, decorate.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,

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