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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: kaŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: káŋ
Western Han Chinese: káŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: káŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: káŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: káŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: káŋ
Middle Chinese: káŋ
English meaning : string, cord
Russian meaning[s]: 1) см. 鏹; 2) см.
Comments: Modern q- is irregular.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 8732
Karlgren code: 0713 c
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăŋH (~g-, G-)
Meaning: tie, string
Chinese: *kaŋʔ string, cord, 襁 *kaŋʔ bands by which infants are wrapped and carried on the back.
Kachin: khaŋ2 to wind, bandage, lash.
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