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Character: 僭
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćēms
Classic Old Chinese: cēmh
Western Han Chinese: cjamh
Eastern Han Chinese: cjamh
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjèm
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjèm
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjèm
Middle Chinese: cìem
English meaning : err, error; untruthful, falsehood
Russian meaning[s]: 1) захватывать, занимать не по праву; 2) превысить (власть)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 1594
Karlgren code: 0660 l
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćēm ( ~ ʒ́-)
Meaning: lie, err, false
Chinese: 僭 *ćēms err, error; untruthful, falsehood.
Tibetan: gćam untruth, lie; humbleness, servility, fluttery.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. � *ʒ́_rām, -ms slander, 譖 *ćrǝms accuse, calumniate.
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