Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 巖

Modern (Beijing) reading: yán

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋrām

Classic Old Chinese: ŋrām

Western Han Chinese: ŋrām

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋrām

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄m

Middle Chinese: ŋạm

English meaning : rocky, lofty, precipitous; be high

Russian meaning[s]: 1) утес, скала; обрыв; скалистый; 2) отвесный, неприступный, опасный; 3) уединенный

Comments: Also read *ŋ(r)ǝm, MC ŋim id. For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen giam², Chaozhou ŋan², Fuzhou ŋie², Jianou ŋaŋ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 6184

Karlgren code: 0607 l

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