Change viewing parameters
Select another database

Chinese characters :

Search within this database
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qi
Preclassic Old Chinese: khēk
Classic Old Chinese: khēk
Western Han Chinese: khēk
Eastern Han Chinese: khiēk
Early Postclassic Chinese: khiēk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khiēk
Late Postclassic Chinese: khiēk
Middle Chinese: khiek
English meaning : beat
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0854 a
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,

Search within this database


Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēk
Meaning: beat, knock
Chinese: *khēk,*kēk beat.
Tibetan: rgjag-pa to throw, cast, fling.
Burmese: khjak numerative for hits, shots etc. (cf. also khjaʔ to strike, hit ?).
Kachin: ǝkhjeʔ2 to jerk, twitch.
Lushai: kik to rap, tap, knock.
Lepcha: kăk to shake
Comments: Since Tib. rgjag also means 'bite' in so rgjag (lit. 'tooth throw') one can also compare words for 'bite' in Bodo *gak, Nocte kak, Naga *kak.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-comments,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
6777422469668
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov