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Character: 幡
Modern (Beijing) reading: fān
Preclassic Old Chinese: phar
Classic Old Chinese: phan
Western Han Chinese: phan
Eastern Han Chinese: phwan
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwan
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwǝn
Middle Chinese: phwǝn
English meaning : be waving about, changeable, versatile, frivolous
Russian meaning[s]: вымпел; стяг
Comments: Xiesheng points to *-r, but the word rhymes in *-n in Shijing. A later meaning is 'banner, streamer'. Standard Sino-Viet. is phan.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 50
Four-angle index: 1777
Karlgren code: 0195 d
Vietnamese reading: phu'ó'n
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