Character: 羨
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhans
Classic Old Chinese: lhanh
Western Han Chinese: lhanh
Eastern Han Chinese: zhanh
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhèn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhèn
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhèn
Middle Chinese: zjèn
English meaning : covet, desire; surplus, affluence
Russian meaning[s]: 1) жаждать; томиться (по чему-л.); страстно желать; завидовать; 2) любить; восхищаться, восхвалять; 3) избыток, остаток; превзойти
Comments: Also irregularly read in MC as ʒjèn (Pek. jiàn); during LZ borrowed for *lan (MC jen, Pek. yán) "oblong".
Radical: 123
Four-angle index: 4852
Karlgren code: 0207 a
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