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Modern (Beijing) reading: shēn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛhǝm
Classic Old Chinese: ƛhǝm
Western Han Chinese: ƛhǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: shǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: shim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shim
Late Postclassic Chinese: shim
Middle Chinese: śim
English meaning : be deep
Russian meaning[s]: 1) глубокий; глубина; стать глубоким; углубить(ся); 2) сокровенный; таинственный; 3) темный (о цвете); 4) сильно, очень, весьма
Comments: For *ƛh- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou chim1 (MC śim is thus a 'dialectal' form; normally ṭhim would be expected).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 5266
Karlgren code: 0666 c-d
Vietnamese reading: thâm
Jianchuan Bai: sɛ̃4
Dali Bai: si4
Bijiang Bai: šer4
Shijing occurrences: 34.1, 35.4
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