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Character: 鹹
Modern (Beijing) reading: xián
Preclassic Old Chinese: grǝ̄m
Classic Old Chinese: grǝ̄m
Western Han Chinese: grǝ̄m
Eastern Han Chinese: grǝ̄m
Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̣̄m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄m
Late Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄m
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈m
English meaning : salt, salty
Russian meaning[s]: 1) соленый; горько-соленый; 2) соленый, приготовленный в рассоле
Comments: For *g cf. Xiamen kiam2, Chaozhou kiǝm2, Fuzhou keŋ2, Jianou kɛiŋ9.
Radical: 197
Four-angle index: 6846
Karlgren code: 0671 f
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jam (r-)
Meaning: salt
Tibetan: rgjam-chwa a k. of salt, like crystal, lgyjam-chwa a k. of rock-salt.
Burmese: jamh gunpowder, saltpetre.
Kachin: jam1 a k. of salt.
Lepcha: vóm salt
Comments: Ben. 57; Mat. 184. Cf. also scattered Austric forms: Thai ra:m 'good taste', Khmer kra:m 'saltpeter', Viet. rùm 'rock salt'.
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *rùm ( ~ -àm)
Meaning: salt
Kaling: ram
Comments: Toba 95 *rum.
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: yum
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: rɨm
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt
Nepali: nūn.
Comments: cf. Limbu yum, western Tib. yum 'sprinkle (salt)' dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,dumet-comments,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: rum
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt
Nepali: nūn..
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: yum
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt.
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 2501
Character: 鹹
MC description : 咸開二平咸匣
ZIHUI: 7768 1876
Beijing: śian 12
Jinan: śiã 12
Xi'an: śiã 12
Taiyuan: śiɛ 1
Hankou: śian 12
Chengdu: xan 12
Yangzhou: xɛ̃ 12; śiɛ̃ 12 (lit.)
Suzhou: î 12; ɦe_ 12
Wenzhou: ɦa 11
Changsha: xan 12
Shuangfeng: ɣã 12
Nanchang: han 12
Meixian: ham 12
Guangzhou: hām 12
Xiamen: ham 12 (lit.); kiam 12
Chaozhou: kiǝm 12
Fuzhou: keiŋ 12
Shanghai: ɦe_ 32
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