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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lián
Preclassic Old Chinese: rīn
Classic Old Chinese: rīn
Western Han Chinese: rjǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: riǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: liēn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: liēn
Late Postclassic Chinese: liēn
Middle Chinese: lien
English meaning : to pity, pitiful
Russian meaning[s]: 1) жалеть, сожалеть, сочувствовать; 2) любить
Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen lin2, Chaozhou lieŋ2, Fuzhou leŋ2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 2527
Karlgren code: 0387 l-m
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