Character: 墳
Modern (Beijing) reading: fén
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhǝr
Classic Old Chinese: bhǝn
Western Han Chinese: bhǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: bhwǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhwɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhwɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhwɨn
Middle Chinese: bün
English meaning : bank (of a river)
Russian meaning[s]: 1) могила, могильный холм; мавзолей; склеп; 2) насыпь, дамба; 3) великий; большой; [fěn] тучный (о земле)
Shuowen gloss: 墓也.從土.賁聲. [693]
Comments: Probably (as 'high, raised bank') originally same word as 賁 'big, great' q.v. Also used for *b(h)ǝrʔ, MC bǘn (FQ 房吻), Mand. fèn 'be rich, fat (of soil)'. For initial *bh- cf. Chaozhou phuŋ2.
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 8002
Karlgren code: 0437 m
Shijing occurrences: 10.1, 10.2
