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Modern (Beijing) reading: tún
Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)ūn
Classic Old Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄n
Western Han Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄n
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄n
Middle Chinese: don
English meaning : confused, stupid
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0427 f
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thuɫ
Meaning: blunt, dull
Chinese: *d_ūn confused, stupid, 沌 *d_ūn, *d_ūns id., 鈍 *d_ūns dull, 惷 *thunʔ stupid.
Tibetan: rtul blunt, dull, rdol to rave, to delirate, be sleep-walking.
Burmese: thun to become numb, dumb.
Kachin: ton1 be blunt, dull.
Comments: Simon 28; Coblin 67-68; Gong 66. Cf. Austric: PAA *dʔɨ:l 'shallow', PAN *budul 'dull, blunt'.
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