Character: 棧
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)rānʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)rā́n
Western Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ā́n
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ạ̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ạ̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ạ̄́n
Middle Chinese: ʒ̣ạ́n
English meaning : carriage box made of lath or bamboo
Russian meaning[s]: 1) склад, кладовая; 2) постоялый двор; подворье для приезжих; 3) настил на горных переходах; 4) Чжань (фамилия); [zhàn jiàn] загон для скота, хлев, стойло
Comments: Also read *ʒ́(h)rān-s, MC ʒ̣ạ̀n id. (MC also has an irregular variant ʒ̣ạ̈́n). A somewhat later meaning is 'flooring (on a mountain pass)', whence probably Viet. sàn 'floor, flooring'. Standard Sino-Viet. is sạn.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 6797
Karlgren code: 0155 d
Vietnamese reading: sàn
