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Modern (Beijing) reading: shèng
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛeŋs
Classic Old Chinese: ƛeŋh
Western Han Chinese: l̥eŋh
Eastern Han Chinese: śeŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese: śèŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śèŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: śèŋ
Middle Chinese: śèŋ
English meaning : be wise
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мудрец; святой; совершенный; в совершенстве; 2) императорский; 3) в собственных именах: сан-, санкт-, сант-
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 128
Four-angle index: 304
Karlgren code: 0835 |z-b ́
Vietnamese reading: thánh
Shijing occurrences: 32.2
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛĕ (-n, -ŋ)
Meaning: able, powerful
Chinese: *ƛeŋ-s 'wise' (?)
Tibetan: ldan a man of a ability.
Lushai: tlin have power to, have ability to.
Kiranti: *le
Comments: The PK form apparently shows that -n and -ŋ in other languages should be treated as suffixed.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,

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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *le
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: to know how
Limbu: lɛ̄maʔ
Kulung: lema
Yamphu: le:ma, lema / rema
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-lim,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,

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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: lɛ:maʔ, -lɛ:s-/-lɛ:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: know
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,

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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: lema
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi-3 [1: les- 2: le-]
Meaning: potent auxiliary, to know how to
Nepali: jānnu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,

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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: le:ma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <les- ; le:->
Grammar: v.tr.
Meaning: to know, to have knowledge of
Comments: le:dokma v.tr. to find out, attain knowledge of; le:meʔma to inform, let know.
Nepali: jānnu, thāhā hunu
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-comments,yamet-nepali,

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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1692
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 梗開三去勁書
ZIHUI: 5110 2492
Beijing: ṣǝŋ 3
Jinan: ṣǝŋ 3
Xi'an: ṣǝŋ 3
Taiyuan: sǝŋ 3
Hankou: sǝn 3
Chengdu: sǝn 3
Yangzhou: sǝn 3
Suzhou: sǝn 31
Wenzhou: seŋ 31
Changsha: ṣǝn 31
Shuangfeng: śin 31
Nanchang: sǝn 31
Meixian: sɛn 3
Guangzhou: šîŋ 31
Xiamen: sîŋ 31 (lit.); siã 31
Chaozhou: siã 31
Fuzhou: seiŋ 31
Shanghai: sǝŋ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: šiǝŋ 3
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