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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qí
Preclassic Old Chinese: gǝr
Classic Old Chinese: gǝn
Western Han Chinese: gǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: gǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: gɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: gɨn
Middle Chinese: gɨj
English meaning : banner, flag
Comments: For *g- cf. Chaozhou, Fuzhou ki2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0443 p-s
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kɨ̆r (~g-)
Meaning: flag
Chinese: *gǝr flag.
Burmese: ta-khwan pendant, streamer.
Kachin: doŋkhon1 a sail, flag (probably from Burm.).
Comments: Cf. PAN *tuŋgul 'banner, flag' (see Peiros 1998, 221).
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