Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 善

Modern (Beijing) reading: shàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)arʔ

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)án

Western Han Chinese: d(h)án

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́(h)án

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)én

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)én

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)én

Middle Chinese: ʒ́én

English meaning : be good, be good at, do well

Russian meaning[s]: 1) добро; добрый; 2) хороший, прекрасный; хорошо; 3) искусный (в чем-л.); быть склонным (расположенным, способным) к...; находчивый; 4) благотворительствовать; благотворительность; 5) одобрять; любить; 6) улучшать; приводить в порядок; 7) Шань (фамилия)

Comments: [? Tib. mćhor 'pretty, beautiful']

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 1204

Karlgren code: 0205 a-c

Vietnamese reading: thiện

Shijing occurrences: 32.2, 54.3, 55.3

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1498

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 善

MC description : 山開三上獼襌

ZIHUI: 6365 1732

Beijing: ṣan 3

Jinan: ṣã 3

Xi'an: ṣã 3

Taiyuan: sä̃ 3

Hankou: san 3

Chengdu: san 3

Yangzhou: śî̃ 3

Suzhou: zö 32

Wenzhou: ɦi 22

Changsha: ṣôn 31

Shuangfeng: ɣî̃ 32

Nanchang: sɛn 32

Meixian: san 3

Guangzhou: sin 32

Xiamen: sian 32

Chaozhou: sieŋ 22

Fuzhou: sieŋ 32

Shanghai: zö 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: šien 3

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