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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*TiŋH]
Meaning: green, black
Chinese: 鬒 *tinʔ black (of hair)
Comments: In TB languages means rather 'green', cf.: Idu *tVŋ-krai, Aka ʒǝm-thou, Bodo *taʔŋ, Konyak *Tiŋ and perhaps Ergong tho (wɨ mdɔ).
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhěn
Preclassic Old Chinese: tinʔ
Classic Old Chinese: tín
Western Han Chinese: tjǝ́n
Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝ́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćín
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćín
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćín
Middle Chinese: ćǐn
English meaning : black (hair)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0375 d
Shijing occurrences: 47.2
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