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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: khens
Classic Old Chinese: khenh
Western Han Chinese: khjanh
Eastern Han Chinese: khjanh
Early Postclassic Chinese: khjèn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjèn
Late Postclassic Chinese: khjèn
Middle Chinese: khjèn
English meaning : reprove, reprimand
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0196 f-i
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khĕn ( ~ gh-, -r, -ɫ)
Meaning: reprove, swear
Chinese: *khens reprove, reprimand.
Burmese: kjin to take an oath, imprecate evil on one's self or other.
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