Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 2521

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 鐮

MC description : 咸開三平鹽來

ZIHUI: 6991 1812

Beijing: lian 12

Jinan: liã 12

Xi'an: liã 12

Taiyuan: liɛ 1

Hankou: nian 12

Chengdu: nian 12

Yangzhou: lî̃ 12

Suzhou: lî 12

Wenzhou: li 12

Changsha: niẽ 12

Shuangfeng: nî̃ 12

Nanchang: liɛn 31

Meixian: liam 12

Guangzhou: lim 12

Xiamen: liam 12

Chaozhou: liǝm 12

Fuzhou: lieŋ 12

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Chinese characters :

Character: 鐮

Modern (Beijing) reading: lián

Preclassic Old Chinese: rem

Classic Old Chinese: rem

Western Han Chinese: rjam

Eastern Han Chinese: ram

Early Postclassic Chinese: lem

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lem

Late Postclassic Chinese: lem

Middle Chinese: lem

English meaning : sickle [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: серп

Comments: Viet. lẽm 'very sharp' is probably borrowed from the same source as liềm 'sickle'; regular Sino-Viet. is liêm. For *r- cf. Xiamen liam², Chaozhou liǝm², Fuzhou lieŋ². Cf. also 磏 *rem 'sharp'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 5435

Vietnamese reading: lẽm

Jianchuan Bai: jĩ7

Dali Bai: je7

Bijiang Bai: ńa7

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rem

Meaning: sharp

Chinese: 磏 *rem sharp, keen, 鐮 *rem sickle.

Kachin: (H) šǝgrim an edge.

Lushai: hriam sharp, keen-edged; a weapon, arms; KC *hriam.

Comments: Thado ăhem sharp. Ben. 53. Cf. PAA *rǝm 'edge, rim'.