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Modern (Beijing) reading: dùn
Preclassic Old Chinese: lūnʔ (~ -rʔ)
Classic Old Chinese: lwǝ̄́n
Western Han Chinese: lwǝ̄́n
Eastern Han Chinese: lwǝ̄́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: dwǝ̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dwǝ̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: dwǝ̄́n
Middle Chinese: dón
English meaning : shield
Russian meaning[s]: 1) щит; 2) гульден (голландский)
Comments: Also read *lunʔ (~-rʔ) id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 109
Four-angle index: 1689
Karlgren code: 0465 a
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lū̆ɫH (? *-rH; ~ -o-)
Meaning: shield
Chinese: *lūnʔ, *lunʔ (~-rʔ) shield.
Burmese: hlwah a shield, oblong and convex.
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 816
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 臻合一上混定
ZIHUI: 4163 2155
Beijing: tuǝn 3
Jinan: tuẽ 3
Xi'an: tuẽ 3
Taiyuan: tuŋ 3
Hankou: tǝn 3
Chengdu: tǝn 3
Yangzhou: tǝn 3
Suzhou: dǝn 12
Wenzhou: dö 32; daŋ 12 (lit.)
Changsha: tǝn 31
Shuangfeng: suǝn 2
Nanchang: thǝn 32
Meixian: tun 2
Guangzhou: thö_n 22
Xiamen: tun 2
Chaozhou: tuŋ 21
Fuzhou: touŋ 2
Shanghai: tǝŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: vǝn 3
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