Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 臣

Modern (Beijing) reading: chén

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghin

Classic Old Chinese: ghin

Western Han Chinese: ghjǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: ghjǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: ghjin

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghjin

Late Postclassic Chinese: ghjin

Middle Chinese: ʒ́in

English meaning : servant, retainer, minister

Russian meaning[s]: 1) министр (в монархиях); вельможа; сановник; 2) подданный; покорный слуга; я; 3) ист. раб; вассал; 4) подчинять себе; подчиняться

Comments: Sch.: "Anyone whose life is dedicated to serving a superior (as opposed to 士"). For *gh- cf. Chaozhou chiŋ², Jianou chɛiŋ⁹.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 131

Four-angle index: 834

Karlgren code: 0377 a-f

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 298

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 臣

MC description : 臻開三平真襌

ZIHUI: 5256 2064

Beijing: c̣hǝn 12

Jinan: c̣hẽ 12

Xi'an: c̣hẽ 12

Taiyuan: chǝŋ 1

Hankou: chǝn 12

Chengdu: chǝn 12

Yangzhou: chǝn 12

Suzhou: zǝn 12

Wenzhou: ʒaŋ 12

Changsha: c̣ǝn 12

Shuangfeng: ʒ́in 12

Nanchang: chǝn 12

Meixian: chǝn 12

Guangzhou: šan 12

Xiamen: sin 12

Chaozhou: chiŋ 12

Fuzhou: siŋ 12

Shanghai: zǝŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: čiǝn 12

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