Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 臉

Modern (Beijing) reading: liǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ramʔ

Classic Old Chinese: rám

Western Han Chinese: rám

Eastern Han Chinese: rám

Early Postclassic Chinese: lém

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lém

Late Postclassic Chinese: lém

Middle Chinese: lém

English meaning : cheek [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) лицо; облик; 2) честь, репутация; 3) совесть, см. 臉皮; 4) театр. грим, маска

Comments: A later meaning is 'face > outlook, reputation'. For *r cf. Xiamen lian³, Chaozhou lieŋ³ (with unclear reflex of *-n; cf. Xiamen lit. liam³), Fuzhou lieŋ³, Jianou liŋ³.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 130

Four-angle index: 7828

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