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Modern (Beijing) reading: yán
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋam
Classic Old Chinese: ŋam
Western Han Chinese: ŋam
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋam
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋam
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋǝm
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋǝm
Middle Chinese: ŋǝm
English meaning : be strict, majestic; reverent
Russian meaning[s]: 1) строгий; суровый; непреклонный; жестокий; мрачный; 2) величественный; неприступный; высокий; крепкий; важный; степенный; торжественный; с чувством собственного достоинства; чопорный; 3) плотный, сжатый; тесный, узкий; 4) обр. отец; 5) Янь (фамилия)
Comments: For *ŋ cf. Xiamen ŋiam2, Chaozhou ŋiǝm2, Fuzhou ŋieŋ2, Jianou ŋiŋ9.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 6180
Karlgren code: 0607 h-j
Vietnamese reading: nghiêm
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(ɨ)am
Meaning: majestic
Chinese: *ŋam stern, magestic, grave; respect, reverent, 儼 *ŋamʔ dignified.
Tibetan: dŋom brightness, splendour, rŋam splendour, magnificence, majesty.
Burmese: muŋ-ŋam majestic.
Comments: Luce 41; Peiros-Starostin 219.
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Number: 2468
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 咸開三平嚴疑
ZIHUI: 0917 1901
Beijing: ian 12
Jinan: iã 12
Xi'an: ia 12
Taiyuan: iɛ 1
Hankou: ian 12
Chengdu: ńian 12
Yangzhou: î̃ 12
Suzhou: ńî 12
Wenzhou: ńi 12
Changsha: ńiẽ 12
Shuangfeng: ńî̃ 12
Nanchang: ńiɛn 31
Meixian: ńiam 12
Guangzhou: jim 12
Xiamen: ŋiam 12
Chaozhou: ŋiǝm 12
Fuzhou: ŋieŋ 12
Shanghai: ńî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: iem 12
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