Character: 捐
Modern (Beijing) reading: juān
Preclassic Old Chinese: wen
Classic Old Chinese: wen
Western Han Chinese: wjan
Eastern Han Chinese: źwan
Early Postclassic Chinese: źwen
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jwen
Late Postclassic Chinese: jwen
Middle Chinese: jwen
English meaning : to sacrifice, to subscribe, to leave (smth. to smb.) [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пожертвовать, подписаться; пожертвование; 2) обложение, налоги; поборы; 3) отбросить [как ненужное]; оставить; отказаться от...; покинуть; 4) покупать чины
Comments: Mand. juān and Sino-Viet. quyên reflect a form like MC *kjwen - probably secondary, under the influence of other characters (cf. �, 娟 etc.).
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 3530
Karlgren code: 0228 g
Vietnamese reading: quyên
