Character: 段
Modern (Beijing) reading: duàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: dōnʔs
Classic Old Chinese: dwānh
Western Han Chinese: dwānh
Eastern Han Chinese: dwānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: dwā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dwā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: dwā̀n
Middle Chinese: dwần
English meaning : section, part, portion [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) отрезок, участок, этап; абзац, статья; отдел; акт; 2) атлас, см. 緞; 3) ковать, лить металл, см. 鍛; 4) Дуань (фамилия)
Comments: An obvious derivate from 斷 *dōnʔ q.v. The original reading of the character is = 鍛 *tōn-s q.v., but it is attested with the meaning "hammer, forge" only in LZ.
Radical: 79
Four-angle index: 6120
Karlgren code: 0172 a-b
Vietnamese reading: d_oạn
