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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: tián
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhīns
Classic Old Chinese: lhīnh
Western Han Chinese: lhjǝ̄nh
Eastern Han Chinese: lhiǝ̄nh
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhiḕn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhiḕn
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhiḕn
Middle Chinese: dìen
English meaning : cultivate the field
Russian meaning[s]: 1) обрабатывать землю; 2) охотиться
Comments: = 田 q. v. (also read *lhīn 'to hunt' during LZ).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 102
Four-angle index: 6168
Karlgren code: 0362 e-f
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *līŋ
Meaning: hunt
Chinese: *l_īn to hunt.
Tibetan: liŋs a hunting or chase.
Comments: Coblin 96. Maybe the same root as *līŋ field ("field hunting").
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