Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 寡

Modern (Beijing) reading: guǎ

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷrāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kwrā́

Western Han Chinese: kwrā́

Eastern Han Chinese: kwrǟ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄́

Middle Chinese: kwạ́

English meaning : be single, resourceless, alone; unique

Russian meaning[s]: 1) вдова; старая дева; бобыль; одинокий; жить одиноко; 2) мало, редко, немного; меньшинство; быть в меньшинстве; сокращать, уменьшать; 3) древн. вежл. я, мой

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is qua`.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 4190

Karlgren code: 0042 a-b

Vietnamese reading: goá

Shijing occurrences: 28.4

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