Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 荼

Modern (Beijing) reading: tú

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łā

Classic Old Chinese: Łā

Western Han Chinese: lā

Eastern Han Chinese: lā

Early Postclassic Chinese: dō

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dō

Late Postclassic Chinese: dō

Middle Chinese: do

English meaning : some kind of plant; bitter;a k. of rush, reed

Russian meaning[s]: 1) бот. осот (Sonchus oleraceus); 2) камыш; 3) вредить, губить; яд

Comments: Also read OC *ƛa, MC śö, FQ 商居, Pek. shū 'a k. of jade vessel' [LZ]. For the meaning 'bitter plant' there exists a dialectal late OC reading *lia (MC źa, FQ 食遮). An irregular parallel MC reading (also going back to *Łā) is ḍạ; this reading branched off from the original OC *Łā during late Han period and acquired the meaning 'tea'. At that time a special character for 'tea' (茶), being originally a variant of 荼, was also introduced. For *Ł- cf. Min forms: Xiamen, Chaozhou te², Fuzhou, Jianou ta²; Siam. ǯhā (*ǯā).

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8318

Karlgren code: 0082 x

Shijing occurrences: 35.2

Character: 莆

Modern (Beijing) reading: fǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: paʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pá

Western Han Chinese: pá

Eastern Han Chinese: pwá

Early Postclassic Chinese: pwó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pwó

Late Postclassic Chinese: pwó

Middle Chinese: pǘ

English meaning : an auspicious plant [Han]

Comments: The character is attested in LZ (Chuci), but only as a loan for 蒲 q.v.

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0102 s

Character: 莧

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rēns

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rēnh

Western Han Chinese: grjānh (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: griānh (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈̀n

English meaning : a plant with red stem [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: бот. бархатник, петуший гребешок (Amaranthus mangostanus)

Comments: Also used for *g(h)ʷrānʔ, MC ɣwạ́n, Pek. huàn "smile" (probably as a corruption of 莞 q.v.)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 7452

Karlgren code: 0241 h

Character: 處

Modern (Beijing) reading: chù chǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: thaʔ

Classic Old Chinese: thá

Western Han Chinese: thá

Eastern Han Chinese: ćhá

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhó

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhó

Middle Chinese: ćhö́

English meaning : to stay, keep still, dwell; to determine a place to dwell by oracle

Russian meaning[s]: 1) место; расположение; местность; местами; 2) суффикс отвлеченных существительных; [chǔ] 1) помещать(ся); располагать(ся); жить; 2) решать, определять; приговаривать, налагать (взыскания); управлять, распоряжаться; 3) управление; отдел; присутственное место; 4) отдыхать; жить на покое; 5) иметь пристанище; устроиться; 6) относиться, обращаться

Comments: Also read *thaʔ-s, MC ćhö̀ (FQ 昌據), Mand. chù 'place, room'. Sino-Vietnamese readings are: xu`' ( < ćhö́), xú' ( < ćhö̀). Cf. also a voiced variant 署 *d(h)a(ʔ)-s 'to place, position'; see also 佇.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 141

Four-angle index: 6341

Karlgren code: 0085 a-b

Vietnamese reading: chỗ

Shijing occurrences: 19.3_, 29.1_, 31.3_, 37.2_, 38.1_, 39.3_

Character: 彪

Modern (Beijing) reading: biāo

Russian meaning[s]: 1) тигренок; 2) полосы на шкуре тигра; 3) пестрый, разукрашенный

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 59

Four-angle index: 7506

Karlgren code: 1106 a

Character: 蛇

Modern (Beijing) reading: shé

Preclassic Old Chinese: liaj

Classic Old Chinese: liaj

Western Han Chinese: liaj

Eastern Han Chinese: źä

Early Postclassic Chinese: źa

Middle Postclassic Chinese: źa

Late Postclassic Chinese: źa

Middle Chinese: źa

English meaning : snake

Russian meaning[s]: 1) змея; 6-й знак Зодиака; 2) ядовитый (о змее); 3) ползти, пресмыкаться

Comments: Also read *laj (MC je, FQ 弋支, Mand. yí) in the compound 委蛇 *ʔʷaj-laj 'be compliant, gracious'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 7023

Karlgren code: 0004 l

Vietnamese reading: xà

Bijiang Bai: čher1

Shijing occurrences: 18.1_, 18.2, 18.3

Character: 蛀

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhù

Russian meaning[s]: 1) книжный (древесный) червь; червоточина; 2) точить; источенный; сгнить

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 362

Character: 蚶

Modern (Beijing) reading: hān

Russian meaning[s]: 蚶子 устрица, съедобный моллюск (Arca inflata)

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 1031

Character: 蛄

Modern (Beijing) reading: gū

Preclassic Old Chinese: kā

Classic Old Chinese: kā

Western Han Chinese: kā

Eastern Han Chinese: kā

Early Postclassic Chinese: kō

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kō

Late Postclassic Chinese: kō

Middle Chinese: ko

English meaning : cricket [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 螻蛄 зоол. медведка (Gryllotalpa africana)

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 1282

Karlgren code: 0049 o

Character: 蚵

Modern (Beijing) reading: he

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 蛆

Modern (Beijing) reading: jū

Preclassic Old Chinese: ća

Classic Old Chinese: ca

Western Han Chinese: ca

Eastern Han Chinese: cja

Early Postclassic Chinese: cjo

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjo

Late Postclassic Chinese: cjo

Middle Chinese: cjö

English meaning : millipede [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: сороконожка; [qū] личинка (мухи)

Comments: Used in the compound ....ji-jū

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 611

Karlgren code: 0046 m

Character: 蛋

Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhārs

Classic Old Chinese: dhānh

Western Han Chinese: dhānh

Eastern Han Chinese: dhānh

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhā̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhā̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhā̀n

Middle Chinese: dần

English meaning : egg [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) яйцо; 2) анат. яйцо; 3) бран. выродок; 4) дань (название племен, см. 蜑)

Comments: A late variant of 彈 'pellet, ball' with a specialized meaning.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8743

Character: 蚱

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhà

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)rāks

Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)rāh

Western Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)āh

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)āh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ọ̄̀

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ọ̄̀

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ọ̄̀

Middle Chinese: ʒ̣ạ̀

English meaning : name of a winter sacrifice

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 蚯

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiū

Preclassic Old Chinese: khu

Classic Old Chinese: khu

Western Han Chinese: khǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: khǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: khiw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: khǝw

Middle Chinese: khǝw

English meaning : earthworm

Russian meaning[s]: земляной червь (Perichaeta communissima)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 496

Character: 蛉

Modern (Beijing) reading: ling

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0823 p

Character: 術

Modern (Beijing) reading: shù

Preclassic Old Chinese: lut

Classic Old Chinese: lwǝt

Western Han Chinese: lwǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: źwǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: źwɨt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: źwɨt

Late Postclassic Chinese: źwɨt

Middle Chinese: źwit

English meaning : procedure, device, art

Russian meaning[s]: техника; технические приемы; способ, прием; сноровка, искусство; искусный

Comments: Sch.: 'probably same word as 述'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 144

Four-angle index: 2973

Karlgren code: 0497 d

Vietnamese reading: thuật

Character: 袞

Modern (Beijing) reading: gǔn

English meaning : royal robe, ceremonial robe, emblazoned robe

Russian meaning[s]: 1) парадное платье императора; облачение; перен. император; канцлер; 2) множество; 3) большой

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5744

Karlgren code: 0418 a-d

Character: 被

Modern (Beijing) reading: bèi

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhajʔ

Classic Old Chinese: bháj

Western Han Chinese: bháj

Eastern Han Chinese: bháj

Early Postclassic Chinese: bháj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bháj

Late Postclassic Chinese: bháj

Middle Chinese: bé

English meaning : to cover; coverlet, head-dress

Russian meaning[s]: 1) одеяло; покрывать(ся) одеялом, одевать(ся); перен. распространять(ся) на...; 2) подвергаться; префикс пассивности в глаголе или глагольной конструкции; 3) показатель действующего лица в пассивных конструкциях; 4) Бэй (фамилия); [pī] 1) набросить, накинуть; носить в накидку; 2) растрепать; растрепанный, всклокоченный, вм. 披

Shuowen gloss: 寢衣.長一身有半.從衣.皮聲. [394]

Comments: Also read MC bè, OC *bhajʔ-s id.; MC phe, phè, OC *phaj, *phaj-s, Pek. pī, pì id. A later usage is 'to be covered' > 'to undergo, suffer' (reflected in Vietnamese). The meaning 'covering, cover' is probably reflected in Viet. bìa id. (reflecting the original -a-vocalism). For initial *bh- cf. Min readings: Xiamen phe⁶, Chaozhou phue⁴, Fuzhou phui⁶, Jianou phüɛ⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 6088

Karlgren code: 0025 e

Vietnamese reading: bị

Jianchuan Bai: -po3

Dali Bai: -po3

Bijiang Bai: -po2

Shijing occurrences: 13.3

Character: 袒

Modern (Beijing) reading: tǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhānʔ

Classic Old Chinese: dhā́n

Western Han Chinese: dhā́n

Eastern Han Chinese: dhā́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhā́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhā́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhā́n

Middle Chinese: dấn

English meaning : bare, naked [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) обнажать, раздевать; сбросить платье; 2) покрывать, укрывать (кого-л.)

Comments: For *dh cf. Yilan than⁶. Standard Sino-Viet. is da`n. Mand. t- perhaps points to an unattested MC variant *thānʔ; Viet. tr- is not clear.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 16

Karlgren code: 0149 f

Vietnamese reading: trần

Character: 袖

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiù

Russian meaning[s]: рукав; прятать в рукав; карманный (умещающийся в рукаве)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 1803

Karlgren code: 1079 m