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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: chán
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)rām
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)rām
Western Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ām
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ām
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ạ̄m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ạ̄m
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ạ̄m
Middle Chinese: ʒ̣ạm
English meaning : sharp
Russian meaning[s]: 1) острый инструмент (шило, игла); 2) лемех (плуга); резак; 3) вырезать, гравировать
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 7587
Karlgren code: 0612 e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćh(r)ām
Meaning: sharp
Chinese: *ʒ́_rām sharp.
Kachin: ncam2 sharp.
Comments: Cf. PAN *tad'ǝm, *tad'im 'sharp' (see Peiros 1998, 221).
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