Character: 檢
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kramʔ
Classic Old Chinese: krám
Western Han Chinese: krám
Eastern Han Chinese: krám
Early Postclassic Chinese: kém
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kém
Late Postclassic Chinese: kém
Middle Chinese: kém
English meaning : to inspect, prove, control
Russian meaning[s]: 1) проверять, инспектировать; осматривать; сличать, сопоставлять; 2) ограничивать; ограничения; 3) правила; образец; 4) запечатать; 5) собирать, см. 撿
Comments: Not in Schüssler's dictionary (although attested already in Shujing). The original meaning (attested, however, only during Han) is 'a stamp on the ready-made book'.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 7832
Karlgren code: 0613 d
Vietnamese reading: kiê`m
