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Character: 金
Modern (Beijing) reading: jīn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kǝm
Classic Old Chinese: kǝm
Western Han Chinese: kǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: kǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: kim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kim
Late Postclassic Chinese: kim
Middle Chinese: kim
English meaning : metal
Russian meaning[s]: 1) золото; деньги; 2) ценный; драгоценный; Ваш; 3) металлы; металлический; твердый, прочный; 4) металл (четвертая стихия старой китайской космогонии); 5) планета Венера; 6) муз. шестой тон гаммы; 7) золотой, желтый; перен. осень; луна; 8) ист. Цзинь (династия чжурчжэней 1115 - 1234 гг.); 9) Цзинь (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 五色金也.黃為之長.久埋不生衣.百煉不輕.從革不韋. 西方之行.生於土.從土.�又注,象金在土中形.今聲.凡金之 屬皆從金. [702]
Comments: Cf. also Viet. kẽm 'zinc' (probably a separate loan from the same source).
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 366
Karlgren code: 0652 a-c
Vietnamese reading: kim
Jianchuan Bai: ćĩ4
Dali Bai: će5
Bijiang Bai: ćĩ4
Shijing occurrences: 3.2, 55.3
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *gǝ̆m
Meaning: gold
Lushai: KC > Tiddim xam gold.
Lepcha: kóm silver; silver coin, money, a rupee
Comments: Ben. 82.
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Number: 666
Character: 金
MC description : 深開三平侵見
ZIHUI: 6855 2114
Beijing: ćin 11
Jinan: ćiẽ 11
Xi'an: ćiẽ 11
Taiyuan: ćiŋ 1
Hankou: ćin 11
Chengdu: ćin 11
Yangzhou: ćĩ 11
Suzhou: ćin 11
Wenzhou: ćiaŋ 11
Changsha: ćin 11
Shuangfeng: ćin 11
Nanchang: ćin 11
Meixian: kim 11
Guangzhou: kam 11
Xiamen: kim 11
Chaozhou: kim 11
Fuzhou: kiŋ 11
Shanghai: ćiŋ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: kiǝm 1
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[xq]VmV
Meaning: a k. of metal
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔVmV (~x-)
Meaning: tin, pewter
Ket: úmlä (М., Сл.), (Кл.) umula
Kottish: ɨma-tɨp (Ass., Кл.)
Comments: ССЕ 203. Assan has a compound with *tVp 'metal, iron' q.v. Werner 2, 346 (says the reconstruction is questionable, but does not say why).
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Common Burushaski: *ɣén-
Meaning: gold
Yasin: ɣéndeṣ
Hunza: ɣéniṣ
Nagar: ɣéniṣ
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