Character: 醒
Modern (Beijing) reading: xǐng
Preclassic Old Chinese: shēŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: shḗŋ
Western Han Chinese: shḗŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: shiḗŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: shiḗŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shiḗŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: shiḗŋ
Middle Chinese: síeŋ
English meaning : to become sober [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) протрезвиться; 2) проснуться, пробудиться; бодрствовать; 3) понять, уразуметь; 4) привлечь внимание (интерес)
Comments: Also read *shēŋ, *shēŋ-s, MC sieŋ (FQ 桑經), sìeŋ (FQ 蘇佞) id. Since Han the word has acquired also a more abstract meaning: 'to wake up, to become conscious'. For *sh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen chĩ3, Chaozhou chẽ3.
Radical: 164
Four-angle index: 397
Karlgren code: 0812 |b ́
Vietnamese reading: ti`nh
Jianchuan Bai: śẽ4
Dali Bai: śer4
