Character: 永
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǒng
Preclassic Old Chinese: wraŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: wráŋ
Western Han Chinese: wráŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: wréŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: wéŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wéŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: wéŋ
Middle Chinese: wä́iŋ
English meaning : be perpetual, long lasting, forever
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вечный; навечно, навсегда; с отрицанием никогда; 2) продолжительный; постоянный; надолго
Shuowen gloss: 水長也.象水�理之長永也.詩曰.江之永矣.凡永之屬皆從永. [569]
Comments: For *w- cf. Min forms: Xiamen, Fuzhou iŋ3, Chaozhou ioŋ3.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 5515
Karlgren code: 0764 a-f
Shijing occurrences: 3.2, 3.3, 9.1_, 9.2_, 9.3_, 39.4, 56.1, 56.2, 56.3
