Character: 劍
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kams
Classic Old Chinese: kamh
Western Han Chinese: kamh
Eastern Han Chinese: kamh
Early Postclassic Chinese: kàm
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̀m
Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̀m
Middle Chinese: kǝ̀m
English meaning : sword
Russian meaning[s]: 1) обоюдоострый меч; 2) зарубить, убить
Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is kiếm. ? Cf. PA *k`èmá 'sharp, sharp tool'.
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 2911
Karlgren code: 0613 i-j
Vietnamese reading: gu'o'm
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