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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xián jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rēn
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rēn
Western Han Chinese: grjān (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: griān (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄n (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈n
English meaning : to spy on, watch
Russian meaning[s]: подсматривать, подглядывать
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 109
Four-angle index: 3389
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Krēn(H)
Meaning: watch
Chinese: *g_rēn to spy on, watch.
Burmese: krańʔ to watch, look, observe.
Lepcha: grun to watch, to protect as hen her chicken
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-lepcha,

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