Character: 嘆
Modern (Beijing) reading: tàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: snārs
Classic Old Chinese: n̥ānh
Western Han Chinese: n̥ānh
Eastern Han Chinese: n̥ānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: thā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: thā̀n
Middle Chinese: thần
English meaning : to sigh, lament
Russian meaning[s]: вм. 歎
Comments: Also read *snār, MC thân, Pek. tān id. Standard Sino-Viet. is thán.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 5135
Karlgren code: 0152 a
Vietnamese reading: than
Shijing occurrences: 39.4_
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