Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kārH (~g-)

Meaning: division, separate

Chinese: 幹 *kārs framework; posts in framework used in rearing earth walls.

Tibetan: dgar to separate, confine, fold up (men, cattle, goods).

Burmese: kanʔ to intercept, thwart of a boat.

Chinese characters :

Character: 幹

Modern (Beijing) reading: gàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: kārs

Classic Old Chinese: kānh

Western Han Chinese: kānh

Eastern Han Chinese: kānh

Early Postclassic Chinese: kā̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kā̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: kā̀n

Middle Chinese: kần

English meaning : body, substance, stem; occupations, duties; carry out, perform

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ствол; стебель, стержень; магистраль; 2) корпус, тело; 3) способности; работоспособность; сокр. кадры; 4) делать, работать; заниматься (чем-либо); дело, профессия; 5) испортиться (о вещи); не удаться (о деле)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 51

Four-angle index: 2369

Karlgren code: 0140 d

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1606

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 幹

MC description : 山開一去翰見

ZIHUI: 1631 1746

Beijing: kan 3

Jinan: kã 3

Xi'an: kã 3

Taiyuan: kä̃ 3

Hankou: kan 3

Chengdu: kan 3

Yangzhou: kɛ̃ 3

Suzhou: kö 31

Wenzhou: ky 31

Changsha: kan 31

Shuangfeng: kuɛ̃ 31

Nanchang: kɔn 31

Meixian: kɔn 3

Guangzhou: kɔn 31

Xiamen: kan 31

Chaozhou: kaŋ 31

Fuzhou: kaŋ 31

Shanghai: kö 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: kan 3

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