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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: mán
Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ān
Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ān
Western Han Chinese: m(h)ān
Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)ān
Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ān
Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ān
Middle Chinese: mwân
English meaning : eel
Russian meaning[s]: хлебец, приготовленный на пару; пампушка
Comments: Also read *m(h)an, MC mwǝn id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 184
Four-angle index: 6029
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mā̆n
Meaning: a k. of fish
Chinese: *m_ā̆n eel.
Kachin: (H) man a shark.
Comments: Another possibility is OCh. 鮸 *m_arʔ a k. of fish.
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