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Modern (Beijing) reading: zhēn
Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝr
Classic Old Chinese: tǝn
Western Han Chinese: tǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćin
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćin
Middle Chinese: ṭin
English meaning : precious thing, precious
Russian meaning[s]: 1) жемчужина; драгоценность, сокровище; драгоценный, редкий; 2) деликатес; 3) превосходный, прекрасный
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 96
Four-angle index: 4096
Karlgren code: 0453 i
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[ǝ̆]r
Meaning: precious
Chinese: *tǝr precious thing, precious.
Tibetan: gter treasure; a mineral vein, mine.
Burmese: tan be worth, be suitable, sufficient.
Kachin: dan1 be worth (possibly from Burm.).
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 801
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 臻開三平真知
ZIHUI: 3791 2049
Beijing: c̣ǝn 11
Jinan: c̣ẽ 11
Xi'an: c̣ẽ 11
Taiyuan: cǝŋ 1
Hankou: cǝn 11
Chengdu: cǝn 11
Yangzhou: cǝn 11
Suzhou: cǝn 11
Wenzhou: caŋ 11
Changsha: c̣ǝn 11
Shuangfeng: ćin 11
Nanchang: cǝn 11
Meixian: cǝn 11
Guangzhou: čam 11
Xiamen: cin 11; tin 11
Chaozhou: tieŋ 21
Fuzhou: tiŋ 11
Shanghai: cǝŋ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: čiǝn 1
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