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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yuǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: lonʔ (~ -rʔ)
Classic Old Chinese: lwán
Western Han Chinese: lwán
Eastern Han Chinese: źwán
Early Postclassic Chinese: źwén
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jwén
Late Postclassic Chinese: jwén
Middle Chinese: jwén
English meaning : marsh between mountains [Han]
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: *lŏnH (~-rH, -ɫH)
Meaning: island, lowland
Chinese: *lonʔ (~-rʔ) marsh between mountains [Shuowen].
Burmese: kjwanh (OB klwan) island.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 衍 *lanʔ, *lans lowland.
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