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Character: 覃
Modern (Beijing) reading: tán
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhǝ̄m
Classic Old Chinese: lhǝ̄m
Western Han Chinese: lhǝ̄m
Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ̄m
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m
Middle Chinese: dʌm
English meaning : to extend, spread
Russian meaning[s]: 1) простираться до...; обширный, широкий; 2) 13-е число (в телеграммах ); 3) Тань (фамилия )
Shuowen gloss: 長味也.徒#.鹹省聲.詩曰.實�實吁.#古文�.#篆文�省.
Comments: For initial *lh- cf. Min: Xiamen tham2 , Fuzhou thaŋ2 . The character is also used (since Early Zhou) for another word, OC *lam // *lamʔ, MC jem (FQ JY 余廉) // jém (FQ JY 以冉), Mand. yán // yǎn 'pointed, sharp'.
Radical: 146
Four-angle index: 2250
Karlgren code: 0646 a
Shijing occurrences: 2.1
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