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Character: 勍
Modern (Beijing) reading: qíng
Preclassic Old Chinese: graŋ
Classic Old Chinese: graŋ
Western Han Chinese: graŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: greŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: geŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: geŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: geŋ
Middle Chinese: gäiŋ
English meaning : strong, powerful
Russian meaning[s]: сильный, крепкий
Comments: Related to 競 *graŋ-s q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 19
Four-angle index: 4720
Karlgren code: 0755 e
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krăŋ
Meaning: strong, effort
Chinese: 勍 *g_raŋ strong, powerful, 競 *graŋs strong, vigorously; to contest; busy, zealous (cf. also 梗 *krāŋʔ hard, stubborn (since Han); 兢 *k(r)ǝŋ, g(r)ǝŋ strong).
Tibetan: mkhraŋ, khraŋ hard, solid, compact.
Burmese: kjaŋʔ (OB kjaŋʔ) work, labour.
Kachin: (H) graŋ be mature; numraŋ work.
Lushai: ṭaŋ (ṭan) to put forth one's strength, to make an effort, KC *kraŋ (?).
Lepcha: kraŋ to be strong on legs, to be able to work; groŋ strong, powerful (voice)
Comments: Sh. 47; Coblin 91; Gong 73. Cf. *reŋ hard (the two roots are probably different, but could have influenced each other). Cf. also PAA *(kǝ)rɛ:ŋ 'strong'.
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