Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 謙

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiān

Preclassic Old Chinese: khēm

Classic Old Chinese: khēm

Western Han Chinese: khjam

Eastern Han Chinese: khjam

Early Postclassic Chinese: khjem

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjem

Late Postclassic Chinese: khjem

Middle Chinese: khiem

English meaning : be modest

Russian meaning[s]: 1) скромный; уступчивый; 2) вежливый, почтительный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 5438

Karlgren code: 0627 f

Vietnamese reading: khiêm

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khēm ( ~ gh-, qh-, Gh-)

Meaning: modest, timid

Chinese: 謙 *khēm modest, 歉 *khēmʔ, *khrēmʔ, *khrēms deficient, modest.

Kachin: ǝgam¹ modesty, diffidence, (H) gam diffidence, timidity.

Lepcha: kjam to be quiet, to be still, to be calm, to be quiescent, to be smooth

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 2305

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 謙

MC description : 咸開四平添溪

ZIHUI: 6197 1858

Beijing: ćhian 11

Jinan: ćhiã 11

Xi'an: ćhiã 11

Taiyuan: ćhiɛ 1

Hankou: ćhian 11

Chengdu: ćhian 11

Yangzhou: ćhî̃ 11

Suzhou: ćhî 11

Wenzhou: ćhi 11

Changsha: ćhiẽ 11

Shuangfeng: ćhî̃ 11

Nanchang: ćhiɛn 11

Meixian: khiam 11

Guangzhou: him 11

Xiamen: khiam 11

Chaozhou: khiǝm 11

Fuzhou: khieŋ 11

Shanghai: ćhî 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: khiem 1

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