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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: chǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: tharʔ
Classic Old Chinese: thán
Western Han Chinese: thán
Eastern Han Chinese: ćhán
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhén
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhén
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhén
Middle Chinese: ćhén
English meaning : be slow (?)
Comments: The OC reading is somewhat dubious: xie-sheng suggests final *-rʔ, but the existing rhymes are rather in favour of *thanʔ.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0147 u
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thă[ɫ]H ( ~ dh-)
Meaning: slow
Chinese: *tharʔ (?//*-nʔ) slow.
Tibetan: dal slowness, easy, rdal slowly.
Lepcha: tol, a-tol heavy-rumped, slow to move, inactive
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