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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiān
Preclassic Old Chinese: khran
Classic Old Chinese: khran
Western Han Chinese: khran
Eastern Han Chinese: khran
Early Postclassic Chinese: khen
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khen
Late Postclassic Chinese: khen
Middle Chinese: khen
English meaning : to lift
Comments: Also read *ghranʔ, MC ghén id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjăn (~qh-)
Meaning: lift, up
Chinese: *khran, *ghranʔ lift; 揵 *gran, *kanʔ id.
Tibetan: gjen up, upward, up-hill.
Lepcha: kan to ascend, to rise, to be elevated
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