Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 輦

Modern (Beijing) reading: niǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ranʔ

Classic Old Chinese: rán

Western Han Chinese: rán

Eastern Han Chinese: rán

Early Postclassic Chinese: lén

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lén

Late Postclassic Chinese: lén

Middle Chinese: lén

English meaning : handcart, cart drawn by two men

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ручная повозка; перевозить; 2) стар. экипаж императора; двор императора

Comments: Pek. niǎn is quite irregular (dissimilation?). For *r cf. Xiamen lian³, Chaozhou lieŋ³, Fuzhou lieŋ³.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 159

Four-angle index: 2623

Karlgren code: 0215 a

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