Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 昏

Modern (Beijing) reading: hūn

Preclassic Old Chinese: smǝ̄n

Classic Old Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n

Western Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n

Eastern Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n

Early Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n

Late Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n

Middle Chinese: xon

English meaning : to perish; be dark, benighted, stupid; darkness, dusk; a benighted one; stupidity

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сумерки; вечер; темнота; темный; 2) темно (в глазах); кружится (голова); упасть в обморок; 3) глупый, тупой; темный; 4) смутный; 5) бракосочетание, свадьба, вм. 婚

Comments: Also used for 婚 *smǝ̄n q.v. (thus in Shi 35, 2; 51,3). For etymology see 惛 *smǝ̄n 'stupid, darkened in mind'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 72

Four-angle index: 1570

Karlgren code: 0457 j-l

Shijing occurrences: 35.2, 35.3, 35.6

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 594

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 昏

MC description : 臻合一平魂曉

ZIHUI: 2495 2189

Beijing: xuǝn 11

Jinan: xuẽ 11

Xi'an: xuẽ 11

Taiyuan: xuŋ 1

Hankou: xuǝn 11

Chengdu: xuǝn 11

Yangzhou: xuǝn 11

Suzhou: huǝn 11

Wenzhou: śy 11

Changsha: fǝn 11

Shuangfeng: xuǝn 11

Nanchang: фun 11

Meixian: fun 11

Guangzhou: fan 11

Xiamen: huŋ 11

Chaozhou: huŋ 11

Fuzhou: xuɔŋ 11

Shanghai: huǝŋ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: xuǝn 1

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