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Character: 朗
Modern (Beijing) reading: lǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)āŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ā́ŋ
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ā́ŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)ā́ŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā́ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā́ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā́ŋ
Middle Chinese: lấŋ
English meaning : bright
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ясный; прозрачный; блестящий; 2) отчетливый (о звуке, произношении)
Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is lãng.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 74
Four-angle index: 3500
Karlgren code: 0735 h
Vietnamese reading: láng
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā̆ŋH
Meaning: bright, clear
Chinese: 朗 *r_āŋʔ bright, 亮 *raŋs brightness, 景 *kraŋʔ bright, 爽 *sraŋʔ bright, dawn.
Burmese: hraŋh be clear, clean.
Lushai: Haka raaŋ white
Comments: Trung sraŋ 'bright'. Cf. also Sulung *rVŋ 'white', Aka *gryaŋ id., Naga *roŋ 'burn', Gurung khrõ-ba id. Cf. Austric: PAA *Cǝra:ŋ 'bright, morning', PAN *siraŋ 'dazzle, glare, light'.
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