Character: 秦
Modern (Beijing) reading: qín
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́in
Classic Old Chinese: ʒin
Western Han Chinese: ʒjǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒjǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒjin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒjin
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒjin
Middle Chinese: ʒjin
English meaning : a kind of cereal; place name
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ист. Цинь (название княжества); 2) Цинь (династия 246-207 г. до н. э.); 3) сокр. пров. Шэньси; 4) Цинь (фамилия)
Comments: For *ʒ́ cf. Xiamen cin2, Fuzhou ciŋ2 (but Chaozhou chiŋ2).
Radical: 115
Four-angle index: 5421
Karlgren code: 0380 a-d
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