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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lù
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćrēnʔ
Classic Old Chinese: crḗn
Western Han Chinese: c̣jā́n
Eastern Han Chinese: c̣iā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: c̣iẹ̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: c̣iẹ̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: c̣iẹ̄́n
Middle Chinese: c̣ạ̈́n
English meaning : cup; half-clarified spirits [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 醽醁 сладкое зеленое вино
Comments: Also read *ćrenʔ, MC c̣én, Pek. zhǎn id. Cf. 琖, 盞.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 164
Four-angle index: 5528
Karlgren code: 0155 h
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(r)enH (~ -ia-, -ɫH)
Meaning: a k. of liquor
Chinese: *ćrē̆nʔ half-clarified spirits.
Kachin: mǝčan1 the first and best brew, as of beer or liquor.
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