Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 增

Modern (Beijing) reading: zēng

Preclassic Old Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: cʌŋ

English meaning : to increase, add to

Russian meaning[s]: увеличить(ся); прибавить(ся); возрасти; усиливать(ся)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 32

Four-angle index: 1526

Karlgren code: 0884 c

Vietnamese reading: tăng

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[c]ɨ̄ŋ

Meaning: increase, abundant

Chinese: 增 *cǝ̄ŋ increase; numerous.

Tibetan: ãcheŋ to increase, improve, thrive.

Kachin: soŋ³ be abundant, plentious.

Lushai: čuaŋ (čuan) spare, extra, surplus, more.

Comments: Cf. also Serdukpen ieb-chaŋ, Chang chūŋ, Naga *cVŋ 'many'. Cf. PAN *unzan 'add to, increase'.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1963

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 增

MC description : 曾開一平登精

ZIHUI: 1073 2449

Beijing: cǝŋ 11

Jinan: cǝŋ 11

Xi'an: cǝŋ 11

Taiyuan: cǝŋ 1

Hankou: cǝn 11

Chengdu: cǝn 11

Yangzhou: cǝn 11

Suzhou: cǝn 11

Wenzhou: caŋ 11

Changsha: cǝn 11

Shuangfeng: ćiɛ̃ 11

Nanchang: cɛn 11

Meixian: cɛn 3

Guangzhou: čaŋ 11

Xiamen: cîŋ 11

Chaozhou: ceŋ 11

Fuzhou: ceiŋ 11

Shanghai: cǝŋ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: cǝŋ 1

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