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Character: 剡
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: lamʔ
Classic Old Chinese: lám
Western Han Chinese: lám
Eastern Han Chinese: źám
Early Postclassic Chinese: źém
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jém
Late Postclassic Chinese: jém
Middle Chinese: jém
English meaning : rising high
Russian meaning[s]: острый; заострять, точить
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 2896
Karlgren code: 0617 d-e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ƛ]amH
Meaning: high
Chinese: 剡 *lamʔ (~Ł-?) rising high.
Tibetan: ldem straight, upright, tall.
Comments: Here perhaps Ao Naga *lVm 'head'.
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