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Character: 孿
Modern (Beijing) reading: shuàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: srōns
Classic Old Chinese: srwānh
Western Han Chinese: ṣwānh
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣwānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣwạ̄̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣwạ̄̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣwạ̄̀n
Middle Chinese: ṣwạ̀n
English meaning : twins [LZ]
Comments: Also read *sron-s, MC ṣwèn, Pek. shuàn id.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0178 q
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōɫ
Meaning: twins, pair
Tibetan: sgrol-ma (W. rol-ma) name of two goddesses known as the white and green Tara.
Kachin: run3 be in pairs, mǝrun3 twins.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʎVɫV ( ~ ƛ-,ƛ̣-,Ł-)
Meaning: twins
Comments and references : ? Derived from the same root as `two' / 'four' / 'eight' (cf. Bur. altū `twins' and traŋ < *ltVraŋ `half').
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔǝ̄ŕi- (~j-, x-,-r1-)
Meaning: twins
Ket: (ɨn) ʌ:ĺsin3
Yug: (ɨn) ъ̄riŋgisi1
Comments: ССЕ 192. Werner 2, 417.
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