Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 柑

Modern (Beijing) reading: gān

Preclassic Old Chinese: kām

Classic Old Chinese: kām

Western Han Chinese: kām

Eastern Han Chinese: kām

Early Postclassic Chinese: kām

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kām

Late Postclassic Chinese: kām

Middle Chinese: kâm

English meaning : orange, Citrus nobilis [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: бот. королек (Citrus nobilis)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 1029

Karlgren code: 0606 j

Vietnamese reading: cam

Character: 柚

Modern (Beijing) reading: yòu

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łus (~ -ks)

Classic Old Chinese: Łuh

Western Han Chinese: lǝwh

Eastern Han Chinese: źǝwh

Early Postclassic Chinese: źìw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jìw

Late Postclassic Chinese: jìw

Middle Chinese: jǝ̀w

English meaning : pomelo

Russian meaning[s]: бот. помелон; [zhú] ткацкий челнок

Comments: Also used as a loan for *Łhuk, MC ḍük, Pek. zhu 'a cylinder for the warp on the weaving apparatus'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 1807

Karlgren code: 1079 b

Character: 查

Modern (Beijing) reading: chá

Russian meaning[s]: 1) обследовать; проверять; расследовать; 2) справляться, обращаться за справкой; 3) выяснить, разобраться; 4) офиц. как известно, по справкам (в начале мотивировочной части бумаги); 5) Ча (фамилия)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 49

Character: 枸

Modern (Beijing) reading: jǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: koʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kó

Western Han Chinese: kwá

Eastern Han Chinese: kwá

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwó

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwó

Middle Chinese: kǘ

English meaning : a k. of tree (Hovenia dulcis)

Russian meaning[s]: кривой*

Comments: During Late Zhou also used for *kō, MC kлw, Pek. gōu 'crooked wood' ( = 勾 q.v.).

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 9999

Karlgren code: 0108 o

Character: 柏

Modern (Beijing) reading: bǎi

Preclassic Old Chinese: prāk

Classic Old Chinese: prāk

Western Han Chinese: prāk

Eastern Han Chinese: prāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: pẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: pẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: pạ̈ik

English meaning : cypress (Thuja orientalis,cypressus funebris)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) кипарис; общее название для кипариса, туи и т. п.; 2) теснить, вм. 迫; 3) Бо, Бай (фамилия)

Comments: The word bears resemblance to some IE and NC names (IE *bherǝǵ-, NC *wē(r)qwV).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 1635

Karlgren code: 0782 j

Vietnamese reading: bá

Shijing occurrences: 26.1, 45.1, 45.2

Character: 柞

Modern (Beijing) reading: zuò

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćāk

Classic Old Chinese: cāk

Western Han Chinese: cāk

Eastern Han Chinese: cāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: cāk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cāk

Late Postclassic Chinese: cāk

Middle Chinese: câk

English meaning : a kind of oak (Quercus serrata)

Comments: Also read *ʒ́āk, MC ʒâk id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0806 p-q

Character: 柳

Modern (Beijing) reading: liǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: riwʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ríw

Western Han Chinese: rjǝ́w

Eastern Han Chinese: rǝ́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: líw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lǝ́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: lǝ́w

Middle Chinese: lǝ́w

English meaning : willow

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ива; перен. стройный; гибкий; изящный; 2) Лю (фамилия)

Comments: For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou, Jianou liu³.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 2100

Karlgren code: 1114 l-o

Vietnamese reading: liễu

Jianchuan Bai: ɣɨ1-

Dali Bai: -ɣɨ1-

Bijiang Bai: -lo1-

Character: 枰

Modern (Beijing) reading: píng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шахматная доска; доска для игр; 2) стул

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 2383

Character: 柙

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiá

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghrāp

Classic Old Chinese: ghrāp

Western Han Chinese: ɣrāp

Eastern Han Chinese: ɣrāp

Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣạ̄p

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣạ̄p

Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣạ̄p

Middle Chinese: ɣạp

English meaning : cage, box [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) клетка для диких животных; загон; 2) ножны

Comments: = 匣.

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 2640

Karlgren code: 0629 f

Character: 柢

Modern (Beijing) reading: dǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝ̄jʔ (~ -ījʔ)

Classic Old Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Western Han Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Eastern Han Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Middle Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j

Late Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j

English meaning : root, base [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) корень [дерева]; 2) основа, основание

Comments: Same as 氐 q. v. (however, with additional MC readings: tiej and tìej).

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 6703

Karlgren code: 0590 d

Character: 柝

Modern (Beijing) reading: tuò

Preclassic Old Chinese: thāk

Classic Old Chinese: thāk

Western Han Chinese: thāk

Eastern Han Chinese: thāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: thāk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: thāk

Late Postclassic Chinese: thāk

English meaning : watchman's rattle

Russian meaning[s]: колотушка ночного сторожа

Comments: Attested in Yijing, but absent from Schüssler's dictionary.

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 2023

Karlgren code: 0792 e-g

Character: 柒

Modern (Beijing) reading: qi

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 歪

Modern (Beijing) reading: wāi

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔʷrǝ̄ (~ -ǝ̄j, ~ -īj)

Classic Old Chinese: ʔwrǝ̄

Western Han Chinese: ʔwrǝ̄

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔwrǝ̄

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔwǝ̣̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔwiǝ̣̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwiǝ̣̄j

Middle Chinese: ʔwạ̈j

English meaning : curved, oblique [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) кривой; скривиться, покоситься; косо, наискось; 2) неправильный; дефективный; 3) неприличный, дурной; 4) прилечь отдохнуть; 5) сваливать [ответственность] на кого-л.; [wǎi] вывихнуть (напр. ногу)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 77

Four-angle index: 492

Jianchuan Bai: uɛ4

Dali Bai: uer5

Character: 殃

Modern (Beijing) reading: yāng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔaŋ

Classic Old Chinese: ʔaŋ

Western Han Chinese: ʔaŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔaŋ

English meaning : calamity; damage, destroy [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) несчастье, бедствие; гибель; навлекать несчастье, вредить, губить; 2) душа умершего

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 78

Four-angle index: 5100

Karlgren code: 0718 e

Character: 殆

Modern (Beijing) reading: dài

English meaning : be in danger, in peril; very likely

Russian meaning[s]: 1) опасность; гибель; 2) устать, утомиться; 3) пожалуй; только; почти что; вот-вот; 4) к, к тому времени как, вм. 迨

Radical: 78

Four-angle index: 1433

Character: 段

Modern (Beijing) reading: duàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: dōnʔs

Classic Old Chinese: dwānh

Western Han Chinese: dwānh

Eastern Han Chinese: dwānh

Early Postclassic Chinese: dwā̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dwā̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: dwā̀n

Middle Chinese: dwần

English meaning : section, part, portion [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) отрезок, участок, этап; абзац, статья; отдел; акт; 2) атлас, см. 緞; 3) ковать, лить металл, см. 鍛; 4) Дуань (фамилия)

Comments: An obvious derivate from 斷 *dōnʔ q.v. The original reading of the character is = 鍛 *tōn-s q.v., but it is attested with the meaning "hammer, forge" only in LZ.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 79

Four-angle index: 6120

Karlgren code: 0172 a-b

Vietnamese reading: d_oạn

Character: 毒

Modern (Beijing) reading: dú

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhūk

Classic Old Chinese: dhūk

Western Han Chinese: dhǝ̄uk

Eastern Han Chinese: dhǝ̄uk

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄uk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄uk

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhōk

Middle Chinese: dok

English meaning : poison

Russian meaning[s]: 1) яд, токсин; вирус; ядовитый; пагубный; отравлять; 2) вредный; вредить; жестокий, злобный; ненавидеть

Comments: Viet. has also a colloquial reading nọc (one of the cases of a nasal reflecting an OC dental stop). Another loan from the same source is Viet. thuốc 'medicine, tobacco, poison'. For *dh- cf. Yilan thau⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 80

Four-angle index: 4771

Karlgren code: 1016 a

Vietnamese reading: d_ộc

Shijing occurrences: 35.5_

Character: 毗

Modern (Beijing) reading: pí

Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)ij

Classic Old Chinese: b(h)ij

Western Han Chinese: b(h)jǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)jǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jij

Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jij

Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ji

Middle Chinese: bji

English meaning : to enlarge, strengthen

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0566 u

Character: 氟

Modern (Beijing) reading: fu

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 泉

Modern (Beijing) reading: quán

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒuar

Classic Old Chinese: ʒwan

Western Han Chinese: ʒwan

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒjwan

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒjwen

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒjwen

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒjwen

Middle Chinese: ʒjwen

English meaning : source, spring

Russian meaning[s]: 1) источник, родник, ключ; 2) стар. деньги; богатство

Comments: For *ʒ- cf. Min forms: Xiamen, Chaozhou cũã², Fuzhou cuoŋ², Jianou cüiŋ². The word always rhymes in *-ar (not *-or), thus the source of MC labialization is not quite clear (perhaps we should reconstruct *ʒar in OC).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5508

Karlgren code: 0237 a-d

Shijing occurrences: 32.3, 39.1, 39.4_