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Character: 穹
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷǝŋ
Classic Old Chinese: khwǝŋ
Western Han Chinese: khwǝŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: khwǝŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: khwɨŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwɨŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: khwɨŋ
Middle Chinese: khüŋ
English meaning : high and vaulted, vault, hole
Russian meaning[s]: 1) высокий (о небе); небо, свод; куполообразный; 2) пространный, обширный, громадный; пустой; 3) глубокий
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 116
Four-angle index: 4632
Karlgren code: 0901 e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷǝ̆ŋ (~ghʷ-,qhʷ-)
Meaning: vaulted, crooked
Chinese: 穹 *khʷǝŋ high and vaulted, vault.
Tibetan: khoŋs crooked, ãkhoŋ to squat; to hide one's self.
Burmese: khwaŋ be bent, curved, as horn.
Kachin: khoŋ1-khoŋ1 curved.
Lepcha: koŋ to be bent a little, to incline to one side, to be out of perpendicular
Kiranti: *gh[u]ŋ (/*ʔk-,-k)
Comments: BG: Dimasa goŋ, Garo goŋ-; Trung dǝ3-guŋ1 be bent; Chepang khuŋʔ to stoop. Sh. 46, 427. Cf. Austric: PAA *kɔŋ 'bent, curved', PAN *beŋkuŋ, *-kuŋ id.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *gh[u]ŋ (/*ʔk-,-k)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: bend, crooked
Tulung: gǝŋte, gǝŋgǝŋja crooked
Kaling: 'kunä ('kuktu) bend, 'ghunä ('ghuktu) bend over (tr.), ghunä (ghuŋɔ) bend over (itr.)
Kulung: khukh- (Toba)
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