Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 則

Modern (Beijing) reading: zé

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćǝ̄k

Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄k

Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄k

Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄k

Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄k

Middle Chinese: cʌk

English meaning : norm; take as a norm

Russian meaning[s]: 1) закон; уложение; правило; положение; способ; 2) образец, пример; подражать; сообразоваться; 3) тогда, то; в таком случае; тотчас; следовательно, поэтому

Shuowen gloss: 等畫物也.從刀貝.貝古之物貨也.古文則.籀文則.從鼎. [179]

Comments: In archaic inscriptions used also for 'a type of small fief'; also widely used as a connective (adversative) 'consequently, then, otherwise'. The original meaning is probably 'side' ( > 'right side, norm').

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 18

Four-angle index: 2912

Karlgren code: 0906 a-b

Shijing occurrences: 10.3, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 34.1, 43.3, 54.1

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć[iǝ̄]k

Meaning: pattern, imitate

Chinese: 則 *ćǝ̄k law, rule; follow a law, imitate.

Lushai: thīk to copy, imitate.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 689

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 則

MC description : 曾開一入德精

ZIHUI: 0463 0144

Beijing: cô 12

Jinan: cei 11

Xi'an: cei 11

Taiyuan: caʔ 41; cǝʔ 41

Hankou: cô 12

Chengdu: ce 12

Yangzhou: cǝʔ 4

Suzhou: côʔ 41

Wenzhou: ce_ 41

Changsha: cô 4

Shuangfeng: ćiɛ 12

Nanchang: cɛt 41

Meixian: cɛt 41

Guangzhou: čak 41

Xiamen: cîk 41

Chaozhou: cek 41

Fuzhou: caiʔ 41

Shanghai: côʔ 4

Zhongyuan yinyun: cai 42

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