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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: shǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: srǝ̄mʔ
Classic Old Chinese: srǝ̄́m
Western Han Chinese: ṣǝ̄́m
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǝ̄́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣǝ̣̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣiǝ̣̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣiǝ̣̄́m
Middle Chinese: ṣạ̈́m
English meaning : to grasp; to touch tenderly
Russian meaning[s]: 1) держать; 2) нежный, тонкий; [cān] переплетать(ся); смешивать(ся), см.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 4124
Karlgren code: 0647 h
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *s(r)ɨ̄mH ( ~ ś-)
Meaning: touch, stroke
Chinese: *srǝ̄mʔ to grasp; to touch tenderly.
Burmese: sumh (sap) to stroke.
Comments: Luce 46.
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