Character: 虔
Modern (Beijing) reading: qián
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghran
Classic Old Chinese: ghran
Western Han Chinese: ghran
Eastern Han Chinese: ghran
Early Postclassic Chinese: ghen
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghen
Late Postclassic Chinese: ghen
Middle Chinese: gen
English meaning : to cut, kill, be ferocious
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мягкий, но сильный (как походка тигра); твердый, крепкий; 2) почтительный; уважать; 3) отнять силой; 4) убить, погубить
Comments: Used also for a homonymous *ghran 'be reverent'. For *gh- cf. Chaozhou, Fuzhou khieŋ2, Xiamen khian2.
Radical: 141
Four-angle index: 6403
Karlgren code: 0198 a-b
