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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: piàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: phens
Classic Old Chinese: phenh
Western Han Chinese: phjanh
Eastern Han Chinese: phjanh
Early Postclassic Chinese: phjèn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phjèn
Late Postclassic Chinese: phjèn
Middle Chinese: phjèn
English meaning : a k. of animal (monkey?) [LZ]
Comments: During Han applied to *pēn, MC pien, Pek. biān 'otter'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0246 i
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pem
Meaning: otter
Chinese: *pēn otter.
Burmese: phjam otter.
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