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Modern (Beijing) reading: zǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ōn
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)wān
Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)wān
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)wān
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)wān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)wān
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)wān
Middle Chinese: ʒwân
English meaning : to collect, gather [L. Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: собирать; копить; [cuán] 1) скапливаться, сходиться; 2) сложиться; собрать по подписному листу; [zuàn] колоть, см.
Comments: Guangyun only has a fanqie 在玩 pointing to MC ʒwần < *ʒ(h)ōn-s; the MC reading ʒwân is taken from Zihui. The modern alternative reading zǎn is quite irregular.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 8050
Karlgren code: 0153 l
Go-on: zan
Kan-on: san
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒhōn (~-ū-)
Meaning: collect, gather, bundle
Chinese: *ʒ_ōn bundle of rods; collect, gather.
Lushai: fūn a bundle, a packet, wrap up.
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