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Modern (Beijing) reading: fén
Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)ǝn (~ -r)
Classic Old Chinese: b(h)ǝn
Western Han Chinese: b(h)ǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)wǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wɨn
Middle Chinese: bün
English meaning : ram [Han]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bhVr (?)
Meaning: goat, sheep
Chinese: *b_ǝn (~-r) ram, goat [since Han].
Lushai: ? berām a sheep.
Comments: Bodo bǝr-ma a goat; Kham bǝ̀n a male mountain goat.
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