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Number: 1185
Character: 敏
MC description : 臻開三上軫明
ZIHUI: 2404 2105
Beijing: min 2
Jinan: miẽ 2
Xi'an: miẽ 2
Taiyuan: miŋ 2
Hankou: min 2
Chengdu: min 2
Yangzhou: mĩ 2
Suzhou: min 12
Wenzhou: meŋ 22
Changsha: min 2
Shuangfeng: min 2
Nanchang: min 2
Meixian: mɛn 11
Guangzhou: man 22
Xiamen: bin 2
Chaozhou: mieŋ 21
Fuzhou: miŋ 2
Shanghai: miŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: miǝn 2
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Character: 敏
Modern (Beijing) reading: mǐn
Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄ʔ
Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́
Western Han Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́
Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́
Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́
Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́j
Middle Chinese: mín
English meaning : be diligent, exert oneself
Russian meaning[s]: 1) понятливый, умный; ловкий, гибкий; 2) подбодрять; стимулировать
Comments: The reading *m(h)ǝ̄ʔ can be established because the character is used in Shijing as a loan for 拇*m(h)ǝ̄ʔ 'big toe'. The development to MC mín is completely irregular and may just point to a word replacement in MC. For *m- in mín (presupposing some OC form like *mrǝnʔ or *mrinʔ) cf. Xiamen bin3, Chaozhou mieŋ3, Fuzhou miŋ3.
Radical: 66
Four-angle index: 6235
Karlgren code: 1251 q
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