Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 省

Modern (Beijing) reading: shěng

Preclassic Old Chinese: sreŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: sréŋ

Western Han Chinese: ṣéŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣéŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣéŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣéŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣéŋ

Middle Chinese: ṣä́iŋ

English meaning : to inspect, examine, scrutinize

Russian meaning[s]: 1) провинция, губерния; 2) экономить, беречь; сокращать; 3) яп. министерство; [xǐng] 1) вникать; исследовать; 2) очнуться, осознать; 3) навестить родителей на родине

Comments: Also read *seŋʔ, MC sjéŋ, Mand. xǐng id. A later meaning is ('what is inspected' >) 'province'. Standard Sino-Viet. is ti`nh. Of Austric origin? - cf. Bahnar *tǝ-cǝŋ, Khmer ʒǝńʒɨŋ 'think, meditate'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 1697

Karlgren code: 0812 l-p

Vietnamese reading: tính

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 812

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 省

MC description : A: 梗開二上梗生; B: 梗開三上靜心

ZIHUI: A: 4164 2488; B: 4164 2593

Beijing: A: ṣǝŋ 2; B: śiŋ 2

Jinan: A: ṣǝŋ 2; B: śiŋ 2

Xi'an: A: sǝŋ 2; B: śiŋ 2

Taiyuan: A: sǝŋ 2; B: śiŋ 2

Hankou: A: sǝn 2; B: śin 2

Chengdu: A: sǝn 2; B: sǝn 2

Yangzhou: A: sǝn 2; B: śĩ 2

Suzhou: A: sǝn 2 (lit.); saŋ 2; B: sin 2

Wenzhou: A: siɛ 21; B: seŋ 21

Changsha: A: sǝn 2; B: sǝn 2

Shuangfeng: A: śiɛ̃ 2 (lit.); sõ 2; B: śin 2

Nanchang: A: sɛn 2 (lit.); saŋ 2; B: sɛn 2

Meixian: A: sɛn 2 (lit.); saŋ 2; B: sɛn 2

Guangzhou: A: šaŋ 21; B: šîŋ 21

Xiamen: A: sîŋ 2 (lit.); sĩ 2; B: sîŋ 2 (lit.); sĩ 2

Chaozhou: A: sẽ 21; B: seŋ 21

Fuzhou: A: seiŋ 2; B: siŋ 2

Shanghai: A: sã 3; B: śiŋ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: A: šǝŋ 2; B: siǝŋ 2

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