Change viewing parameters
Select another database

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhǝ̄mH
Meaning: dark, shade
Chinese: *thǝ̄mʔ, *dhǝ̄mʔ black.
Tibetan: dom-ra screen, shade for the eyes.
Lushai: dām (dam) be sheltered from the sun's rays; dum black (as sky), dark (in colour).
Comments: Cf. *dV̄mH.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,

Search within this database


Chinese characters :

Search within this database
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: tǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: thǝ̄mʔ
Classic Old Chinese: thǝ̄́m
Western Han Chinese: thǝ̄́m
Eastern Han Chinese: thǝ̄́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄́m
Middle Chinese: thл́m
English meaning : black
Comments: Also read *dhǝ̄mʔ, MC dʌ́m id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0658 n
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
9240102911656
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov