Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 花

Modern (Beijing) reading: huā

Russian meaning[s]: 1) цветы; цветной, цветистый; расписной; пестрый; 2) тратить, расходовать; 3) образец, образчик; 4) обр. гулящий; проститутка; 5) натуральная оспа; оспенная вакцина; 6) хлопок; 7) рябить (в глазах); 8) Хуа (фамилия)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6986

Character: 芬

Modern (Beijing) reading: fēn

Preclassic Old Chinese: phǝn

Classic Old Chinese: phǝn

Western Han Chinese: phǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: phwǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: phwɨn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwɨn

Late Postclassic Chinese: phwɨn

Middle Chinese: phün

English meaning : be fragrant

Russian meaning[s]: 1) аромат; ароматный; благоухание; приятный запах; 2) сокр. Финляндия

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 4201

Karlgren code: 0471 i

Character: 芥

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiè

Preclassic Old Chinese: krēts

Classic Old Chinese: krēć

Western Han Chinese: krjāś

Eastern Han Chinese: kriāś

Early Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: kạ̈̀j

English meaning : mustard [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) горчица; 2) маловажный, ничтожный

Comments: Viet. ca`i is colloquial; regular Sino-Viet. is gió'i. Cf. PJ *kàrásì 'mustard' < PA *kabro.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 2703

Karlgren code: 0327 j

Go-on: ke

Kan-on: kai

Japanese reading: kai;ke;karashina;karashi;akuta

Vietnamese reading: ca`i

Character: 芯

Modern (Beijing) reading: xīn

Russian meaning[s]: фитиль (лампы, свечи)

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8422

Character: 芸

Modern (Beijing) reading: yún

Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)ǝn

Classic Old Chinese: w(h)ǝn

Western Han Chinese: w(h)ǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)ǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ɨn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ɨn

Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ɨn

Middle Chinese: ɦün

English meaning : be numerous, ample

Russian meaning[s]: 1) бот. рута (Ruta graveolens, ароматная трава); 2) перен. книги; 3) полоть, вм. 耘

Comments: During Late Zhou used for homonymous *w(h)ǝn 'fragrant plant' (which is probably the original meaning of the character).

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8667

Karlgren code: 0460 f

Character: 芣

Modern (Beijing) reading: fóu

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhǝ

Classic Old Chinese: bhǝ

Western Han Chinese: bhǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: bhwǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhiw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhǝw

Middle Chinese: bǝw

English meaning : plantago seed, plantain [Plantago major asiatica]

Russian meaning[s]: 芣苡 бот. подорожник (Plantago major, L. var. Asiatica)

Shuowen gloss: 華盛.從草.不聲.一曰芣苡. [37]

Comments: Attested only within the binome 芣苡 *bhǝ-lǝʔ 'plantain'. For *bh- cf. Min forms: Chaozhou phiu², Fuzhou pheu².

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 7805

Karlgren code: 0999 g

Shijing occurrences: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Character: 芰

Modern (Beijing) reading: jì

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)res

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)reh

Western Han Chinese: g(h)reh

Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)reh

Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)è

Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)è

Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)è

Middle Chinese: gè

English meaning : water-chestnut [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: бот. водяной каштан (Trapa natans)

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6075

Karlgren code: 0864 l

Character: 芾

Modern (Beijing) reading: fú

Preclassic Old Chinese: pǝts

Classic Old Chinese: pǝć

Western Han Chinese: pǝś

Eastern Han Chinese: pwǝś

Early Postclassic Chinese: pwɨś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ̀j

Middle Chinese: pwɨ̀j

English meaning : be covering

Russian meaning[s]: 1) вышитая ритуальная одежда; 2) узорчатый, разноцветный; вышитый; 3) изящный

Comments: The reading *pǝts is used only in the compound 蔽芾 'be covering, umbrageous'. The character is also used for a self-standing OC *pǝt, MC püt (FQ 分勿), Pek. fú 'ceremonial apron, knee-covers' (= 巿 q.v.).

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 3928

Karlgren code: 0501 c

Shijing occurrences: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

Character: 芷

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝʔ

Classic Old Chinese: tǝ́

Western Han Chinese: tǝ́

Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćɨ́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćɨ́

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćɨ́

Middle Chinese: ćɨ́

English meaning : a fragrant plant [LZ]

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0961 j

Character: 虎

Modern (Beijing) reading: hǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: hlāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: hā́

Western Han Chinese: hā́

Eastern Han Chinese: hā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: hṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: hṓ

Middle Chinese: xó

Fanqie: 呼五

Rhyme class: 麌

English meaning : tiger

Russian meaning[s]: 1) тигр; перен. стар. воин; храбрец; 2) свирепый; отважный; 3) Ху (фамилия)

Shuowen gloss: 山獸之君. 從虍. 虎足象人足. 象形. 凡虎之屬皆從虎.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 141

Four-angle index: 7491

Karlgren code: 0057 a-e

Vietnamese reading: hô`

Jianchuan Bai: lo7

Dali Bai: lo7

Bijiang Bai: lo7

Shijing occurrences: 38.2_

Character: 虱

Modern (Beijing) reading: shī

Preclassic Old Chinese: srit

Classic Old Chinese: srit

Western Han Chinese: ṣjǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt

Middle Chinese: ṣit

Russian meaning[s]: см. 蝨

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 7618

Character: 初

Modern (Beijing) reading: chū

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćhra (~ sh-)

Classic Old Chinese: chra

Western Han Chinese: c̣ha

Eastern Han Chinese: c̣ha

Early Postclassic Chinese: c̣ho

Middle Postclassic Chinese: c̣ho

Late Postclassic Chinese: c̣ho

Middle Chinese: c̣hö

English meaning : be first

Russian meaning[s]: 1) начало; начальный; сначала; первоначальный; 2) первый; первобытный; ранний; 3) первая декада месяца; префикс числа для первой декады месяца; 4) первый месяц сезона

Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is so'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 4179

Karlgren code: 0087 a-d

Vietnamese reading: xu'a

Character: 表

Modern (Beijing) reading: biǎo

Preclassic Old Chinese: prawʔ

Classic Old Chinese: práw

Western Han Chinese: práw

Eastern Han Chinese: práw

Early Postclassic Chinese: péw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: péw

Late Postclassic Chinese: péw

Middle Chinese: péw

English meaning : outside, farthest point; to display, manifest

Russian meaning[s]: 1) верх (одежды); верхний, наружный, внешний, показной; снаружи, вне, за; 2) выражать(ся), показывать(ся), проявлять(ся); делать очевидным; 3) показатель, индекс; таблица; график; диаграмма; 4) циферблат; карманные часы; словообразовательный суффикс для измерительных приборов, имеющих циферблат -метр; 5) уст. доклад; 6) двоюродный (в терминах родства по женской линии); 7) см. 裱

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5696

Karlgren code: 1153 a

Vietnamese reading: biê`u

Character: 軋

Modern (Beijing) reading: yà

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔrǝ̄t

Classic Old Chinese: ʔrǝ̄t

Western Han Chinese: ʔrǝ̄t

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔrǝ̄t

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̣̄t

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔiǝ̣̄t

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔiǝ̣̄t

Middle Chinese: ʔạ̈t

English meaning : to creak, grate; to crush joints (as punishment) [L. Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) скрип (телеги; станка); 2) раздавить, переехать; 3) теснить; сжимать; прессовать; трамбовать; [gá] вост. диал. 1) тесниться, толпиться; 2) водиться с...; общаться; 3) проверять (счета)

Radical: 159

Four-angle index: 6901

Karlgren code: 0280 a

Go-on: eti

Kan-on: atu

Character: 迎

Modern (Beijing) reading: yíng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋraŋ

Classic Old Chinese: ŋraŋ

Western Han Chinese: ŋraŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋreŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋeŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋeŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋeŋ

Middle Chinese: ŋäiŋ

English meaning : to go to meet

Russian meaning[s]: 1) встретить; выходить навстречу; приветствовать; 2) идти навстречу; подлаживаться

Comments: Also read *ŋraŋ-s, MC ŋä̀iŋ, Mand. yìng id. (this is the traditional reading in Shijing; the 平聲 reading is considered to be attested only since Late Zhou - for a reason which is not quite clear). Viet. nghinh is colloquial; standard Sino-Viet. is nghênh. For *ŋ cf. Xiamen ŋia², Chaozhou ŋeŋ², Fuzhou ŋiŋ², Jianou ŋiaŋ².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6491

Karlgren code: 0699 d

Vietnamese reading: nghinh

Character: 返

Modern (Beijing) reading: fǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: p(l)anʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pán

Western Han Chinese: pán

Eastern Han Chinese: pwán

Early Postclassic Chinese: pwán

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pwǝ́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: pwǝ́n

Middle Chinese: pwǝ́n

English meaning : return

Russian meaning[s]: 1) возвращать(ся), вм. 反; 2) обратный; 3) сменить, переменить

Comments: = 反 q. v.

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6598

Karlgren code: 0262 e

Character: 近

Modern (Beijing) reading: jìn

Preclassic Old Chinese: gǝrʔ

Classic Old Chinese: gǝ́n

Western Han Chinese: gǝ́n

Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: gɨ́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gɨ́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: gɨ́n

Middle Chinese: gɨ́n

English meaning : be near, imminent

Russian meaning[s]: 1) близкий; недалекий; около, рядом, вблизи; сближаться; 2) ближайший; родной; 3) похожий, сходный; 4) новейший, современный, последний (по времени); за последнее время

Comments: Also read *gǝrʔ-s, MC gɨ̀n, Mand. jìn 'to come near to, keep close to'. In Viet. cf. also gần 'near, close; adjacent, beside' (obviously from the same source). For *g cf. Xiamen kun⁶, Chaozhou kɨŋ⁴, Fuzhou köüŋ⁶, Jianou küiŋ⁶. For etymology cf. 幾 *kǝj 'near' (an old *-r/-l variation?).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6488

Karlgren code: 0443 g

Vietnamese reading: cận

Jianchuan Bai: ćĩ1

Dali Bai: će1

Character: 邵

Modern (Beijing) reading: shào

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)aws

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)awh

Western Han Chinese: d(h)awh

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́(h)awh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)èw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)èw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)èw

Middle Chinese: ʒ́èw

English meaning : name of the 4th Zhou king (inscr.)

Russian meaning[s]: Шао (фамилия)

Radical: 163

Four-angle index: 2142

Karlgren code: 1131 t-y

Character: 邸

Modern (Beijing) reading: dǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝ̄jʔ

Classic Old Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Western Han Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Eastern Han Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Middle Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Late Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Middle Chinese: tíej

English meaning : lodge [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) резиденция; дом высокопоставленного лица; 2) князь, феодал; 3) ширма; экран; 4) дно; низ; 5) Ди (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for homonymous *tǝ̄jʔ 'a k. of screen'.

Radical: 163

Four-angle index: 2211

Karlgren code: 0590 i

Character: 邱

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiū

Russian meaning[s]: холм

Radical: 163

Four-angle index: 2126