Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 薛

Modern (Beijing) reading: xuē xiē

Preclassic Old Chinese: sŋhet

Classic Old Chinese: sŋ̥et

Western Han Chinese: sŋ̥jat

Eastern Han Chinese: s(h)jat

Early Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jet

Middle Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jet

Late Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jet

Middle Chinese: sjet

English meaning : place name [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) Сюе (фамилия); 2) ист. Се (название княжества); 3) полынь

Comments: The original meaning is 'name of a plant', attested only since Han.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 2418

Karlgren code: 0289 d-e.

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