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Modern (Beijing) reading: liáng
Preclassic Old Chinese: raŋ
Classic Old Chinese: raŋ
Western Han Chinese: raŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: reŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: leŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: leŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: leŋ
Middle Chinese: laŋ
English meaning : be good
Russian meaning[s]: 1) добро; хороший, превосходный; отличный; способный; 2) добрый, порядочный; благородный; лояльный; 3) очень; весьма; действительно, в самом деле; 4) врожденный, природный, совесть; 5) Лян (фамилия)
Comments: For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen liɔŋ2, Chaozhou liaŋ2, Fuzhou lioŋ2, Jianou liɔŋ9.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 138
Four-angle index: 5774
Karlgren code: 0735 a-d
Shijing occurrences: 29.3_, 49.1_, 49.2_, 53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 58.1
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răŋ
Meaning: good, like
Chinese: *raŋ good; 諒 *raŋ-s to trust; truly
Tibetan: raŋs-pa glad, content, merry
Burmese: kraŋ to love, sympathize; raŋh be friendly
Kachin: (H) raŋ be concupiscent, to burn with lust, šǝraŋ to like.
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Number: 449
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 宕開三平陽來
ZIHUI: 5328 2317
Beijing: liaŋ 12
Jinan: liaŋ 12
Xi'an: liaŋ 12
Taiyuan: lia_̃ 1
Hankou: niaŋ 12
Chengdu: niaŋ 12
Yangzhou: liâŋ 12
Suzhou: liaŋ 12
Wenzhou: li 12
Changsha: nian 12
Shuangfeng: niaŋ 12
Nanchang: liɔŋ 31
Meixian: liɔŋ 12
Guangzhou: lö_ŋ 12
Xiamen: liɔŋ 12
Chaozhou: liaŋ 12
Fuzhou: luɔŋ 12
Shanghai: liã 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: liaŋ 12
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