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Number: 2085
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 臻開三入質章
ZIHUI: 6347 0471
Beijing: c̣î_ 3
Jinan: c̣î_ 11
Xi'an: c̣î_ 11
Taiyuan: cǝʔ 41
Hankou: ci_ 12
Chengdu: ci_ 12
Yangzhou: cǝʔ 4
Suzhou: côʔ 41
Wenzhou: cai 41
Changsha: c̣î_ 4
Shuangfeng: c̣î_ 12
Nanchang: cǝt 41
Meixian: cǝt 41
Guangzhou: čat 41
Xiamen: cit 41
Chaozhou: ceʔ 41
Fuzhou: ceiʔ 41
Shanghai: côʔ 4
Zhongyuan yinyun: či 42
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Modern (Beijing) reading: zhí
Preclassic Old Chinese: tit
Classic Old Chinese: tit
Western Han Chinese: tjǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćit
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćit
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćit
Middle Chinese: ćit
English meaning : be solid, simple; make pledges or assurances of good faith
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вещество, материя; материал; 2) частица, молекула; атом; 3) элемент; элементарный, простой; простота; 4) качество, свойство; характер; нрав; сущность; филос. качество; природный; 5) прямой; правый; верный; реальный; непосредственный, бесхитростный; 6) допрашивать; наставлять; 7) стрелять в цель; 8) 4-е число (в телеграммах); [zhì] 1) заклад, залог; закладывать; заложник; 2) подносить подарок, вм. 贄; 3) см.
Comments: A later meaning is ('be solid' >) 'matter, substance'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 154
Four-angle index: 7997
Karlgren code: 0493 a
Vietnamese reading: chất
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *trǝ̆t [change the OC form to *trits ~ *trǝts)
Meaning: promise, gage
Chinese: *trits gage, hostage; gift.
Tibetan: ćhad promise, engagement, agreement; gift, sacrifice.
Kachin: (H) ndat to promise, to pledge.
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