Character: 翁
Modern (Beijing) reading: wēng
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔōŋ
Classic Old Chinese: ʔōŋ
Western Han Chinese: ʔōŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔōŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔōŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔōŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwōŋ
Middle Chinese: ʔuŋ
English meaning : light feathers, down [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) старик, старец, старина; господин; 2) тесть; свекор; вежл. Ваш батюшка; 3) суффикс существительных (некоторых профессий или характеристики людей); 4) Вэн (фамилия)
Comments: The character is used more extensively (also since Han) for a homonymous word *ʔōŋ 'old man, father'.
Radical: 124
Four-angle index: 3346
Vietnamese reading: ông
