Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 戀

Modern (Beijing) reading: liàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ronʔs

Classic Old Chinese: rwanh

Western Han Chinese: rwanh

Eastern Han Chinese: rwanh

Early Postclassic Chinese: lwàn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: lwǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: lwèn

English meaning : to long for [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) страстно любить, привязаться; постоянно держать в мыслях; любовь, привязанность; 2) держаться, цепляться за (должность)

Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen luan⁶, Fuzhou luoŋ⁶, Jianou lüiŋ⁶. Probably derived from *ronʔ (178 k-l) q.v., hence *-nʔ-s.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8496

Karlgren code: 0178 m

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