Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 譚

Modern (Beijing) reading: tán

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Classic Old Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Western Han Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m

Middle Chinese: dʌm

English meaning : place name

Russian meaning[s]: 1) беседовать, вм. 談; 2) Тань (фамилия)

Comments: The original meaning is 'to speak', attested only since LZ (as well as the loan usage for *lhǝ̄m 'great, comfortable'. For *lh- cf. Chaozhou tham², Fuzhou thaŋ².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 2253

Karlgren code: 0646 c

Shijing occurrences: 57.1

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