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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ʷēn (~ w(h)-, ~ -īn)
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)wēn
Western Han Chinese: gwjān (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: gwiān (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gwiēn (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwiēn (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gwiēn (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣwien
English meaning : a fierce animal [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: шататься*
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 157
Four-angle index: 9999
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ʷēɫ
Meaning: a wild animal
Chinese: *g_ʷēn ( ~ w_-, -īn) a fierce animal [since Han].
Kachin: khan1 a wild cat.
Lushai: kōl-sa a large sp. of leopard.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,

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