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Character: 粲
Modern (Beijing) reading: cān
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćhāns
Classic Old Chinese: chānh
Western Han Chinese: chānh
Eastern Han Chinese: chānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: chā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: chā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: chā̀n
Middle Chinese: châǹ
English meaning : food
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лучший очищенный рис; 2) чистый, свежий; ясный; 3) осклабиться; веселый (о смехе)
Comments: A derivate of 餐 *ćhān 'to eat' q.v. Also used for a homonymous *ćhān-s 'be beautiful'.
Radical: 119
Four-angle index: 5319
Karlgren code: 0154 b
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hān
Meaning: grain, rice, food
Tibetan: ćhan boiled corn.
Burmese: ćhan husked rice, LB *čhan.
Kachin: (H) maicen rice ( < Burm.?).
Comments: Luce 52. Cf. PAA *ce:n 'cook, cooked'.
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