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Number: 1058
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開三平仙群
ZIHUI: 5709 1868
Beijing: ćhian 12
Jinan: ćhiã 12
Xi'an: ćhiã 12
Taiyuan: ćhiɛ 1
Hankou: ćhian 12
Chengdu: ćhian 12
Yangzhou: ćhî̃ 12
Suzhou: ʒ́î 12
Wenzhou: ʒ́i 12
Changsha: ćiẽ 12
Shuangfeng: ʒ́î̃ 12
Nanchang: ćhiɛn 12
Meixian: khian 12
Guangzhou: khin 12
Xiamen: khian 12
Chaozhou: khieŋ 12
Fuzhou: khieŋ 12
Shanghai: zî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: khien 12
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qián
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghran
Classic Old Chinese: ghran
Western Han Chinese: ghran
Eastern Han Chinese: ghran
Early Postclassic Chinese: ghen
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghen
Late Postclassic Chinese: ghen
Middle Chinese: gen
English meaning : to cut, kill, be ferocious
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мягкий, но сильный (как походка тигра); твердый, крепкий; 2) почтительный; уважать; 3) отнять силой; 4) убить, погубить
Comments: Used also for a homonymous *ghran 'be reverent'. For *gh- cf. Chaozhou, Fuzhou khieŋ2, Xiamen khian2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 141
Four-angle index: 6403
Karlgren code: 0198 a-b
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khrăɫ ( ~ gh-, qh-, Gh-)
Meaning: cut
Chinese: *ghran to cut.
Tibetan: sgral-ba to cut into small pieces.
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