Character: 川
Modern (Beijing) reading: chuān
Preclassic Old Chinese: slun
Classic Old Chinese: l̥wǝn
Western Han Chinese: l̥wǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: śwǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: śwɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śwɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: śwɨn
Middle Chinese: ćhwen
English meaning : river, river valley, stream
Russian meaning[s]: 1) река; поток; 2) течение; непрерывный, вечный; 3) сокр. провинция Сычуань; 4) путевой, дорожный (о расходах)
Comments: The MC form is irregular, both in initial and final (*świn would be normally expected); xiesheng and rhymes, however, are rather in favour of reconstructing *slun.
Radical: 47
Four-angle index: 2778
Karlgren code: 0462 a
