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Modern (Beijing) reading: jìn
Preclassic Old Chinese: gǝrʔ
Classic Old Chinese: gǝ́n
Western Han Chinese: gǝ́n
Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: gɨ́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gɨ́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: gɨ́n
Middle Chinese: gɨ́n
English meaning : be near, imminent
Russian meaning[s]: 1) близкий; недалекий; около, рядом, вблизи; сближаться; 2) ближайший; родной; 3) похожий, сходный; 4) новейший, современный, последний (по времени); за последнее время
Comments: Also read *gǝrʔ-s, MC gɨ̀n, Mand. jìn 'to come near to, keep close to'. In Viet. cf. also gần 'near, close; adjacent, beside' (obviously from the same source). For *g cf. Xiamen kun6, Chaozhou kɨŋ4, Fuzhou köüŋ6, Jianou küiŋ6. For etymology cf. 幾 *kǝj 'near' (an old *-r/-l variation?).
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 162
Four-angle index: 6488
Karlgren code: 0443 g
Vietnamese reading: cận
Jianchuan Bai: ćĩ1
Dali Bai: će1
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Number: 665
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
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MC description : 臻開三上隱群
ZIHUI: 6602 2126
Beijing: ćin 3
Jinan: ćiẽ 3
Xi'an: ćiẽ 3
Taiyuan: ćiŋ 3
Hankou: ćin 3
Chengdu: ćin 3
Yangzhou: ćĩ XH
Suzhou: ʒ́in 32
Wenzhou: ʒ́iaŋ 22
Changsha: ćin 31 (lit.); ćin 32
Shuangfeng: ʒ́in 32
Nanchang: ćhin 32
Meixian: khiun 3
Guangzhou: khan 32
Xiamen: kun 32
Chaozhou: kɨŋ 22
Fuzhou: köyŋ 32
Shanghai: ćiŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: kiǝn 3
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