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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiān
Preclassic Old Chinese: har
Classic Old Chinese: han
Western Han Chinese: han
Eastern Han Chinese: han
Early Postclassic Chinese: han
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese: hǝn
Middle Chinese: xǝn
English meaning : to lift [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) приподнять, откинуть; 2) сбросить; сорвать, стащить
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 4808
Karlgren code: 0443 y
Go-on: kon
Kan-on: ken
Japanese reading: ken;kon;kin;agaru;ageru
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *xăr
Meaning: lift
Chinese: *xar to lift.
Tibetan: ker-pa to raise, lift up.
Lushai: kar to lever.
Comments: ?Cf. Austric: PAN *quŋkil 'lever, pry', PAA *kVr 'handle'.
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Number: 1178
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開三平元曉
ZIHUI: 2216 1874
Beijing: śian 11
Jinan: śiã 11
Xi'an: śiã 11
Taiyuan: śiɛ 1
Hankou: śyan 11
Chengdu: śyan 11
Yangzhou: śĩ 11
Suzhou: śî 11
Wenzhou: śi 11
Changsha: śiẽ 11
Shuangfeng: śî̃ 11
Nanchang: śiɛn 11
Meixian: hian 11
Guangzhou: hin 11
Xiamen: hian 11
Chaozhou: hɨŋ 11
Fuzhou: hieŋ 11
Shanghai: śiŋ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: xien 1
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