Character: 斬
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćrāmʔ
Classic Old Chinese: crā́m
Western Han Chinese: c̣ā́m
Eastern Han Chinese: c̣ā́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: c̣ạ̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: c̣ạ̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: c̣ạ̄́m
Middle Chinese: c̣ạ̈́m
English meaning : to cut off, cut up, destroy
Russian meaning[s]: 1) обезглавить; казнить; отрубить; отрезать; 2) прекратить, оборвать; 3) разом, вместе; все как один; 4) см. 嶄
Comments: The MC reading would rather point to *ćrēmʔ; however, both xiesheng and rhymes point to *ćrāmʔ with irregular MC development. Viet. chém is colloquial; regular Sino-Viet. is tra`m.
Radical: 69
Four-angle index: 1992
Karlgren code: 0611 a
Vietnamese reading: chém
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