Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 縱

Modern (Beijing) reading: zòng

Preclassic Old Chinese: coŋs

Classic Old Chinese: coŋh

Western Han Chinese: coŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: cjoŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: cjòŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjòŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: cjòŋ

Middle Chinese: cjö̀uŋ

English meaning : to release, let off; indulgent, licentious; granted that, even though

Russian meaning[s]: 1) освобождать, отпускать (на волю); выпускать (стрелу); 2) распустить(ся), избаловать(ся); своевольничать; распоясаться; произвол; распущенный; 3) если бы..., пусть даже..., допустим, что...; [zōng] 1) перпендикулярный; вертикальный; 2) долгота; меридиан; [zǒng] 1) быстро, поспешно; деловито; 2) толпиться; во множестве; 3) подстрекать, возбуждать

Comments: During Late Zhou used also for *coŋ 'perpendicular, longitudinal' (earlier written as 從), as well as for *coŋʔ, MC cjö́uŋ, Mand. zǒng 'hasty, quick; multitude, crowd' (usually reduplicated: *coŋʔ-coŋʔ). In Viet. the usage of tung for 'cast, throw' is colloquial: standard Sino-Viet. is túng.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 5854

Karlgren code: 1191 h

Vietnamese reading: tung

Number: 2287

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 縱

MC description : 通合三去用精

ZIHUI: 4912 2649

Beijing: cuŋ 3

Jinan: cuŋ 3

Xi'an: coŋ 3

Taiyuan: cuŋ 3

Hankou: coŋ 3

Chengdu: coŋ 3

Yangzhou: cɔuŋ 3

Suzhou: coŋ 31

Wenzhou: cyŋ 11; cyɔ 31

Changsha: coŋ 31

Shuangfeng: caŋ 31; cǝn 31

Meixian: ciuŋ 2

Guangzhou: čuŋ 31

Xiamen: cɔŋ 11; ciɔŋ 11; ciɔŋ 31

Chaozhou: coŋ 31

Fuzhou: cöyŋ 31

Shanghai: coŋ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: ciuŋ 3

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