Character: 函
Modern (Beijing) reading: hán
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄m
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄m
Western Han Chinese: gǝ̄m (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ̄m (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄m (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄m (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄m (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣʌm
English meaning : to contain; container, box
Russian meaning[s]: 1) письмо; официальное письмо (отношение); 2) ящик, футляр, ножны, колчан; 3) вмещать, содержать; 4) древн. доспехи, латы
Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is hàm.
Radical: 17
Four-angle index: 962
Karlgren code: 0643 a-f
Vietnamese reading: hòm
