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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yàng
Preclassic Old Chinese: laŋs
Classic Old Chinese: laŋh
Western Han Chinese: laŋh
Eastern Han Chinese: źaŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese: źàŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jàŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: jàŋ
Middle Chinese: jàŋ
English meaning : long (like a river)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0732 k-l
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lăŋ
Meaning: long
Chinese: *laŋh long (like a river).
Kachin: gǝlu2-gǝlaŋ1 be long, (H) gǝlaŋ id.
Comments: Cf. also: Kanauri lā-mös, Ao Naga tǝ-laŋ, Taraon ka-lɨŋ, Idu ka-loŋ 'long'. Cf. Austric: PAA *luaŋ, *lVŋ 'long', Yao lɔŋ 'be long and slender', Tai hlǝ:ŋ 'to be too high'.
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