Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 彈

Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn tán

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhār dhārs

Classic Old Chinese: dhān

Western Han Chinese: dhān

Eastern Han Chinese: dhān

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhān

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhān

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhān

Middle Chinese: dân dần

English meaning : pull string; play musical instrument [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) арбалет; 2) пуля; ядро; снаряд; 3) шар; пилюля; [tán] 1) стрелять из арбалета; 2) пружинить; эластичный; упругий; 3) щелкать пальцами; 4) играть (на муз. инструментах); 5) обвинять (в контрольных органах); 6) подавлять

Comments: Also read *dhār-s, MC dần [FQ 徒案], Mand. dàn, Viet. d_ạn 'bow; bullet, pellet; ball'. For *dh- cf. Chaozhou thaŋ², Putian thaŋ², Longdu thān².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 57

Four-angle index: 2594

Karlgren code: 0147 n

Vietnamese reading: d_àn

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