Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 吟

Modern (Beijing) reading: yín

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)(r)ǝmʔ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)(r)ǝ́m

Western Han Chinese: g(h)(r)ǝ́m

Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)(r)ǝ́m

Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ím

Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ím

Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ím

Middle Chinese: gím

English meaning : obstruct, shut

Russian meaning[s]: 1) декламировать, читать нараспев; заучивать наизусть; 2) вздыхать; стонать

Comments: The character also has a later reading MC ŋim, mod. yín 'murmur, chant' - quite possibly original, but attested late. For *ŋ here cf. Fuzhou ŋiŋ², Jianou ŋɛiŋ⁹, ŋɛiŋ⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 2789

Karlgren code: 0651 s

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