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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yīn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔǝm
Classic Old Chinese: ʔǝm
Western Han Chinese: ʔǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔim
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔim
Middle Chinese: ʔim
English meaning : dumb; silent
Russian meaning[s]: потерять голос; охрипнуть, осипнуть; хрипота
Comments: Also read *ʔǝ̄m, MC ʔлm id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1497
Karlgren code: 0653 d
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔǝ̄̆m
Meaning: dumb, speechless
Chinese: *ʔǝm, *ʔǝ̄m dumb; silent.
Kachin: (H) am to stutter, stammer; mǝ-am to become speechless.
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