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Modern (Beijing) reading: hūn
Preclassic Old Chinese: sm(h)ǝ̄n
Classic Old Chinese: (s)m̥ǝ̄n
Western Han Chinese: (s)m̥ǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n
Late Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n
Middle Chinese: xon
English meaning : stupid, darkened in mind
Russian meaning[s]: 1) глупый; 2) забывчивый; 3) помраченный рассудком
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 1571
Karlgren code: 0457 n
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūn ( ~ -ɨ̄-)
Meaning: dark, dull
Chinese: *smǝ̄n stupid, darkened in mind, 殙 *m_ǝ̄n, *smǝn blinded, confused, 昏 *smǝ̄n dusk, darkness; benighted, blinded.
Tibetan: rmun dull, heavy, stupid, mun obscure, dark.
Burmese: hmun weak eyesight, mwanh to faint.
Lepcha: mŭṇ-mŭṇ brown
Comments: Kham mǝnL become drunk. Luce 57, Coblin 60-61.
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