Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 顏

Modern (Beijing) reading: yán

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋrān

Classic Old Chinese: ŋrān

Western Han Chinese: ŋrān

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋrān

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄n

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄n

Middle Chinese: ŋạn

English meaning : the appearance of a face; face, countenance; color

Russian meaning[s]: 1) лицо; цвет лица; выражение; вид; 2) честь; совесть; репутация; 3) цвет, окраска; краска; 4) писать (вывеску, заголовок); 5) Янь (фамилия)

Comments: For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen gan², Chaozhou ŋueŋ², Fuzhou ŋaŋ², Jianou ŋaiŋ², ŋai⁹.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 181

Four-angle index: 8105

Karlgren code: 0199 c

Shijing occurrences: 47.3_

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