Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 彈

Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn tán

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhār dhārs

Classic Old Chinese: dhān

Western Han Chinese: dhān

Eastern Han Chinese: dhān

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhān

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhān

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhān

Middle Chinese: dân dần

English meaning : pull string; play musical instrument [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) арбалет; 2) пуля; ядро; снаряд; 3) шар; пилюля; [tán] 1) стрелять из арбалета; 2) пружинить; эластичный; упругий; 3) щелкать пальцами; 4) играть (на муз. инструментах); 5) обвинять (в контрольных органах); 6) подавлять

Comments: Also read *dhār-s, MC dần [FQ 徒案], Mand. dàn, Viet. d_ạn 'bow; bullet, pellet; ball'. For *dh- cf. Chaozhou thaŋ², Putian thaŋ², Longdu thān².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 57

Four-angle index: 2594

Karlgren code: 0147 n

Vietnamese reading: d_àn

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhār

Meaning: bow, shoot

Chinese: 彈 *dhār shoot pellets.

Kachin: ndan¹ bow, cross-bow, (H) dan, ndan id.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1976

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 彈

MC description : A: 山開一平寒定; B: 山開一去翰定

ZIHUI: A: 1734 1675; B: 1734 1666

Beijing: A: than 12; B: tan 3

Jinan: A: thã 12; B: tã 3

Xi'an: A: thã 12; B: tã 3

Taiyuan: A: thä̃ 1; B: tä̃ 3

Hankou: A: than 12; B: tan 3

Chengdu: A: than 12; B: tan 3

Yangzhou: A: thɛ̃ 12; B: tɛ̃ 3

Suzhou: A: de_ 12; B: de_ 32

Wenzhou: A: da 12; B: da 32

Changsha: A: tan 12; B: tan 32; tan 31 (lit.)

Shuangfeng: A: dã 12; B: dã 32

Nanchang: A: than 12; B: than 32

Meixian: A: than 12; B: than 12

Guangzhou: A: thān 12; B: tān 32

Xiamen: A: tan 12 (lit.); tuã 12; B: tan 32 (lit.); tuã 32

Chaozhou: A: thaŋ 12; B: thaŋ 12

Fuzhou: A: taŋ 12; B: taŋ 32

Shanghai: A: te_ 32; B: te_ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: A: than 12; B: tan 3

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