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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: dàng
Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)āŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ā́ŋ
Western Han Chinese: lā́ŋ (~ Łh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: lā́ŋ (~ lh-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́ŋ
Middle Chinese: dấŋ
English meaning : big bamboo, coarse bamboo
Comments: Also read OC ƛ(h)āŋʔ, MC thấŋ (FQ 吐郎) id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0720 |o ́
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛ[ā]ŋH
Meaning: a k. of bamboo
Chinese: *Ł_āŋʔ big bamboo.
Kachin: guŋ-luŋ1 young bamboo.
Lushai: tleŋ the large bamboo on a noose trap.
Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *luŋ 'bamboo shoot', PAN *belaŋ 'bamboo'.
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