Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 氨

Modern (Beijing) reading: ān

English meaning : ammiac

Comments: A recent European loanword.

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 氦

Modern (Beijing) reading: hai

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 氤

Modern (Beijing) reading: yīn

Russian meaning[s]: накопление жизненной энергии вселенной; силы природы; эфир (космический)

Radical: 84

Four-angle index: 7626

Character: 泰

Modern (Beijing) reading: tài

Preclassic Old Chinese: thāts

Classic Old Chinese: thāć

Western Han Chinese: thāś

Eastern Han Chinese: thāś

Early Postclassic Chinese: thāś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: thā̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: thā̀j

Middle Chinese: thầj

English meaning : name of the West Wind; excessive, spread out and reach everywhere

Russian meaning[s]: 1) великое спокойствие, мир; спокойный; сойтись, слиться в гармонии; 2) счастье; счастливый; благополучие; благоприятный; 3) великий; чрезмерный; расточительный; слишком, весьма, вм. 太; 4) Тайшань (горы); 5) Таи, Таиланд; 6) 9-е число (в телеграммах); 7) Тай (фамилия)

Comments: A later attested meaning is 'calm, tranquil'. The character is traditionally used for the name of the Thai people and country.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5550

Karlgren code: 0316 a

Vietnamese reading: thái

Character: 浪

Modern (Beijing) reading: làng

Preclassic Old Chinese: rāŋs

Classic Old Chinese: rāŋh

Western Han Chinese: rāŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: rēŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: lḕŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lḕŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: lḕŋ

Middle Chinese: lầŋ

English meaning : excessive, reckless

Russian meaning[s]: 1) волна; 2) расточительный; непроизводительный; излишний; 3) беспутный; развратный; распускать(ся); 4) вост. диал. послелог, вм. 上; 5) Лан (фамилия)

Comments: The original meaning of the character is 'wave', but it is attested only since Jin. For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen lɔŋ⁶, Chaozhou laŋ⁴, Fuzhou lauŋ⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5785

Karlgren code: 0735 k

Shijing occurrences: 30.1

Character: 涕

Modern (Beijing) reading: tì

Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛ(h)ījʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ƛ(h)ī́j

Western Han Chinese: l̥jǝ̄́j (~ ƛh-)

Eastern Han Chinese: l̥iǝ̄́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: thiḗj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: thiḗj

Late Postclassic Chinese: thiḗj

Middle Chinese: thíej

English meaning : tears

Russian meaning[s]: 1) слезы; лить слезы, плакать; 2) течь из носа; сопли

Comments: Also read *ƛ(h)ījʔ-s, MC thìej (FQ 他計), whence Pek. tì.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4655

Karlgren code: 0591 m

Shijing occurrences: 28.1, 58.2

Character: 消

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiāo

Preclassic Old Chinese: saw

Classic Old Chinese: saw

Western Han Chinese: saw

Eastern Han Chinese: sjaw

Early Postclassic Chinese: sjew

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjew

Late Postclassic Chinese: sjew

Middle Chinese: sjew

English meaning : to melt, dissolve

Russian meaning[s]: 1) рассеяться, растаять, сойти на нет, исчезнуть; рассосаться; 2) потребить, израсходовать; 3) стереть; уничтожить; 4) пользоваться, употреблять; 5) развлекаться, разгонять скуку; 6) негативный; пассивный; отрицательный

Comments: A later meaning is '(dissolve >) disperse, spend'. Standard Sino-Viet. is tiêu.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 3594

Karlgren code: 1149 j

Vietnamese reading: teo

Character: 涇

Modern (Beijing) reading: jīng

Preclassic Old Chinese: kēŋ

Classic Old Chinese: kēŋ

Western Han Chinese: kēŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: kiēŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: kiēŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiēŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: kiēŋ

Middle Chinese: kieŋ

English meaning : river channel [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: Цзин (река в провинции Ганьсу и Шэньси)

Comments: During Early Zhou the character is attested only as a river name. Regular Sino-Viet. is kinh. Originally 'vein' ('river channel' as 'vein of water'), cf. also � *kēŋ 'vein of water', 經 *kēŋ 'warp'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 128

Karlgren code: 0831 g

Vietnamese reading: kênh

Shijing occurrences: 35.3

Character: 浦

Modern (Beijing) reading: pǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: phāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: phā́

Western Han Chinese: phā́

Eastern Han Chinese: phā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: phṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: phṓ

Middle Chinese: phó

English meaning : river bank

Russian meaning[s]: 1) берег; набережная; 2) Пу (фамилия)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 3658

Karlgren code: 0102 |f ́

Character: 浸

Modern (Beijing) reading: jīn

Preclassic Old Chinese: cims

Classic Old Chinese: cimh

Western Han Chinese: cjǝmh

Eastern Han Chinese: cjǝmh

Early Postclassic Chinese: cjìm

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjìm

Late Postclassic Chinese: cjìm

Middle Chinese: cjìm

English meaning : to overflow, soak, wet

Russian meaning[s]: 1) погрузить в воду, обмакнуть, промочить; 2) постепенно проникать; постепенно, все более

Comments: In Mand. also read jīn (pointing to a variant MC *cjim, OC *cim). The normal Sino-Viet. reading is tâ`m; cf. also tắm 'to bathe, have a bath' (probably a colloquial loan from the same source).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 6044

Karlgren code: 0661 m

Vietnamese reading: chấm

Character: 海

Modern (Beijing) reading: hǎi

Preclassic Old Chinese: smǝ̄ʔ

Classic Old Chinese: m̥ǝ̄́

Western Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄́

Eastern Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄́

Early Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄́j

Middle Chinese: xʌ́j

English meaning : sea

Russian meaning[s]: 1) море; морской; 2) масса, множество; скопление; 3) необъятный, огромный; 4) озера (в центре Пекина); 5) большая миска

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4767

Karlgren code: 0947 x-y

Vietnamese reading: ha`i

Character: 浙

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhè

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сокр. пров. Чжэцзян; 2) сокр. р. Цяньтанцзян (в провинции Чжэцзян)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 1998

Character: 涓

Modern (Beijing) reading: juān

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ручеек; струйка воды; 2) чистый; очищать; отбирать, выбирать

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 3535

Character: �

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷēn

Classic Old Chinese: kwēn

Western Han Chinese: kwjān

Eastern Han Chinese: kwiān

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwiēn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwiēn

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwiēn

Middle Chinese: kwien

English meaning : to cleanse [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: морская миля (равная 1,85 км)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 438

Karlgren code: 0228 h

Character: 浬

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǐ

Russian meaning[s]: морская миля (равная 1,85 км)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 438

Character: 涉

Modern (Beijing) reading: shè

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)ap

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)ap

Western Han Chinese: d(h)ap

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́(h)ap

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)ap

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)ap

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)ap

Middle Chinese: ʒ́ep

English meaning : to wade, cross a river

Russian meaning[s]: 1) переходить реку вброд; 2) иметь отношение к...; касаться; вмешиваться; 3) приехать в...; пройти через...; пережить, испытать (на себе)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4052

Karlgren code: 0634 a-e

Shijing occurrences: 34.1_, 34.4, 54.1, 58.1

Character: 浮

Modern (Beijing) reading: fú

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhu

Classic Old Chinese: bhu

Western Han Chinese: bhǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhiw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhǝw

Middle Chinese: bǝw

English meaning : to float

Russian meaning[s]: 1) плыть; носиться по волнам; пловучий; 2) выливаться, переливаться через край; 3) легкий, легковесный; пустой; 4) бессодержательный; 5) непостоянный; временный; [fù] 1) плавать; купаться; 2) излишний, сверх нормы; понапрасну, зря

Comments: For *bh cf. Xiamen phu², Chaozhou phu², Fuzhou phu², pheu².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 3087

Karlgren code: 1233 l-m

Jianchuan Bai: pɨ2

Dali Bai: pɨ7

Bijiang Bai: pɨ7

Character: 浚

Modern (Beijing) reading: jùn

Preclassic Old Chinese: surs

Classic Old Chinese: swǝnh

Western Han Chinese: swǝnh

Eastern Han Chinese: sjwǝnh

Early Postclassic Chinese: sjwìn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjwìn

Late Postclassic Chinese: sjwìn

Middle Chinese: sjwìn

English meaning : be deep, profound

Russian meaning[s]: 1) проводить воду (каналом); углублять; дренажировать; 2) извлекать, вытаскивать; обирать

Comments: Also used for a homonymous toponym (thus in Shi 32,3). Modern jùn is secondary (under the influence of 俊竣畯 etc.). Since Late Zhou the character is attested with the meaning 'to ladle out, take from' which seems to be archaic (judging by the external evidence); perhaps 'deep, profound' < 'scoopable' (?).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 6322

Karlgren code: 0468 |a ́

Shijing occurrences: 32.3, 53.1, 53.2, 53.3

Character: 浴

Modern (Beijing) reading: yù

Preclassic Old Chinese: lok

Classic Old Chinese: lok

Western Han Chinese: lok

Eastern Han Chinese: źok

Early Postclassic Chinese: źok

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jok

Late Postclassic Chinese: jok

Middle Chinese: jöuk

English meaning : to bathe, wash [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: купаться, мыться

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 1369

Karlgren code: 1202 f

Character: 浩

Modern (Beijing) reading: hào

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ū́

Western Han Chinese: gǝ̄́w (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ̄́w (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄́w (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gā́w (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gā́w (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣấw

English meaning : be vast

Russian meaning[s]: 1) разлив воды; безбрежный, необъятный; 2) многочисленный, несметный

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 1322

Karlgren code: 1039 j