Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 領

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǐng

Preclassic Old Chinese: rheŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: rhéŋ

Western Han Chinese: rhéŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: rhéŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhéŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhéŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhéŋ

Middle Chinese: léŋ

English meaning : neck, collar

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шея; ворот, воротник; 2) вести, руководить; ведать, управлять; руководитель, вождь, глава; начальник; сокр. консул; 3) получать, брать; владеть, обладать; владение; 4) постигнуть; овладеть; 5) счетный суффикс предметов одежды с воротом

Comments: A later meaning (L.Zhou) is 'to lead, leader; to obtain, possess'; it is probably purely homophonic, not related to the meaning 'neck'. Regular Sino-Viet. is lĩnh. For *rh cf. Jianou liaŋ⁸.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 181

Four-angle index: 8083

Karlgren code: 0823 f

Vietnamese reading: lãnh

Shijing occurrences: 57.2

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rĕŋH ( ~ -iǝ̆-)

Meaning: neck

Chinese: 領 *rheŋʔ neck; collar.

Lushai: riŋ neck.

Comments: ? PG *kh[à]rV neck; Kham khàrim.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1941

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 領

MC description : 梗開三上靜來

ZIHUI: 7325 2554

Beijing: liŋ 2

Jinan: liŋ 2

Xi'an: liŋ 2

Taiyuan: liŋ 2

Hankou: nin 2

Chengdu: nin 2

Yangzhou: lĩ 2

Suzhou: lin 32

Wenzhou: leŋ 22

Changsha: nin 2

Shuangfeng: nin 2

Nanchang: lin 2 (lit.); liaŋ 2

Meixian: liaŋ 11

Guangzhou: lîŋ 22

Xiamen: lîŋ 2 (lit.); liã 2

Chaozhou: nia 21

Fuzhou: liŋ 2 (lit.); liaŋ 2

Shanghai: liŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: liǝŋ 2

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