Character: 唐
Modern (Beijing) reading: táng
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhāŋ
Classic Old Chinese: lhāŋ
Western Han Chinese: lhāŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: lhāŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhāŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhāŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhāŋ
Middle Chinese: dâŋ
Fanqie: 駝昂
Rhyme class: 陽
English meaning : path in the temple
Russian meaning[s]: 1) танская династия (618 - 907 гг.); 2) яп., кор. Китай; 3) внезапный; грубый; 4) хвастливый; пустой
Shuowen gloss: 大言也. 從口. 庚聲.
Comments: Also used for the homonymous *lhāŋ 'dodder' and *lhāŋ in the compound 唐棣 *lhāŋ-lhǝ̄Ts 'wild plum' (thus in Shi 24,1). For *lh- cf. Min forms: Chaozhou thaŋ2, Longdu thoŋ2.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1329
Karlgren code: 0700 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 24.1, 48.1_
