Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 蝦

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiā

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rā

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rā

Western Han Chinese: grā (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: grā (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣạ

English meaning : frog [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: рак; креветка; чилимс

Comments: Used only in the compound 蝦蟆 *g(h)rā-mrā id.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 5990

Jianchuan Bai: õ7-

Dali Bai: ou7-

Bijiang Bai: õ7-

Character: 蝸

Modern (Beijing) reading: guā

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷrāj (< *krōj)

Classic Old Chinese: kwrāj

Western Han Chinese: kwrāj

Eastern Han Chinese: kwrǟ

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄

Middle Chinese: kwạ

English meaning : snail

Russian meaning[s]: 1) улитка; 2) маленький, скромный; мой

Comments: Also read *rōj, MC lwâ, Pek. luó id.; MC also has an irregular reading kwạ̈. [L.Zhou]

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 3853

Karlgren code: 0018 c

Character: 蝨

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

English meaning : louse [L. Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) вошь; ничтожный, дрянной; 2) мошенничество; злоупотребление; 3) отхожее место

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8718

Karlgren code: 0506 a

Jianchuan Bai: śi6

Dali Bai: śe6

Bijiang Bai: ši6

Character: 蝙

Modern (Beijing) reading: biān

Preclassic Old Chinese: pēn

Classic Old Chinese: pēn

Western Han Chinese: pjān

Eastern Han Chinese: piān

Early Postclassic Chinese: piēn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: piēn

Late Postclassic Chinese: piēn

Middle Chinese: pien

Russian meaning[s]: 蝙蝠 летучая мышь

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 3706

Character: 蝗

Modern (Beijing) reading: huáng

Russian meaning[s]: саранча

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 331

Karlgren code: 0708 m

Character: 蝌

Modern (Beijing) reading: ke

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 蝓

Modern (Beijing) reading: yú

Preclassic Old Chinese: lo

Classic Old Chinese: lo

Western Han Chinese: lwa

Eastern Han Chinese: źwa

Early Postclassic Chinese: źwo

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jwo

Late Postclassic Chinese: jwo

Middle Chinese: jü

English meaning : snail [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 蛞蝓 садовая улитка (Meghimatium bilineatum)

Comments: A parallel (dialectal) reading is MC źü, Pek. chú id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8780

Karlgren code: 0125 r

Character: 衛

Modern (Beijing) reading: wèi

Preclassic Old Chinese: wrats

Classic Old Chinese: wrać

Western Han Chinese: wraś

Eastern Han Chinese: wraś

Early Postclassic Chinese: weś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: wèj

Late Postclassic Chinese: wèj

Middle Chinese: wèj

English meaning : to defend; defense; guard; place name

Russian meaning[s]: 1) охранять; сторожить; защищать; караулить; караул, охрана; 2) ист. Вэй (княжество и царство); 3) г. Тяньцзинь; 4) Передний Тибет; 5) Вэй (фамилия)

Comments: For *w- cf. Xiamen ue⁶, Chaozhou ue⁴, Fuzhou uoi⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 144

Four-angle index: 2970

Karlgren code: 0342 a-e

Vietnamese reading: vệ

Shijing occurrences: 39.1, 39.3_, 54.1, 57.1

Character: 衝

Modern (Beijing) reading: chōng

Preclassic Old Chinese: thoŋ

Classic Old Chinese: thoŋ

Western Han Chinese: thoŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ćhoŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhoŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhoŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhoŋ

Middle Chinese: ćhöuŋ

English meaning : assaulting engine, knocker

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ударить; наскочить; прорваться; ринуться; идти напролом, в атаку! (команда); 2) тракт; перекресток крупных дорог; важный пункт; 3) древн. боевая колесница; [chōng zhóng] 1) крепкий (напр. табак); 2) оживленный (напр. о торговле); [chòng] направляться к...; к; на

Comments: Attested later also with a more general meaning ('to knock against, rush at'). Standard Sino-Viet. is xung.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 144

Four-angle index: 2959

Karlgren code: 1188 j

Vietnamese reading: xông

Character: 褐

Modern (Beijing) reading: hé

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)āt

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)āt

Western Han Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣât

English meaning : hair cloth, coarse cloth

Russian meaning[s]: 1) грубая шерстяная ткань; 2) бурый; блеклый; коричневый

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 4288

Karlgren code: 0313 g

Character: 複

Modern (Beijing) reading: fù

Russian meaning[s]: 1) двойной, сложный, составной; 2) вторичный; 3) платье (осеннее) на подкладке

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 6268

Karlgren code: 1034 i

Character: 褒

Modern (Beijing) reading: bāo

Preclassic Old Chinese: pāw

Classic Old Chinese: pāw

Western Han Chinese: pāw

Eastern Han Chinese: pāw

Early Postclassic Chinese: pāw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pāw

Late Postclassic Chinese: pāw

Middle Chinese: pâw

English meaning : wide (of a garment); a (wide) presented garment [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) хвалить, превозносить; 2) награждать; наградной, почетный; 3) Бао (фамилия); [póu] собираться, вм. 渜

Comments: Cf. 袍 *bū.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5751

Karlgren code: 1057 h

Character: 褓

Modern (Beijing) reading: bǎo

Russian meaning[s]: 襁褓 пеленка

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5183

Karlgren code: 1057 g

Character: 褕

Modern (Beijing) reading: yú

Russian meaning[s]: короткое платье; [yáo] 褕衣 богатое платье

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 8775

Character: 褊

Modern (Beijing) reading: biǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: penʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pén

Western Han Chinese: pján

Eastern Han Chinese: pján

Early Postclassic Chinese: pjén

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjén

Late Postclassic Chinese: pjén

Middle Chinese: pjén

English meaning : be narrow, small

Russian meaning[s]: 1) узкий; маленький, незначительный; 2) торопливый; вспыльчивый

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 3700

Karlgren code: 0246 g

Character: 誼

Modern (Beijing) reading: yì

Russian meaning[s]: 1) дружба, дружественные отношения; 2) родственные (близкие) связи (отношения); 3) справедливый; идейный, вм. 義; 4) обсуждать, вм. 議

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 621

Character: 諒

Modern (Beijing) reading: liàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: raŋs

Classic Old Chinese: raŋh

Western Han Chinese: raŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: reŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: lèŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lèŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: lèŋ

Middle Chinese: làŋ

English meaning : to trust; truly

Russian meaning[s]: 1) входить в положение, понимать; извинять, прощать; 2) верить, доверять; верный, настоящий; 3) полагать, думать; предполагать; я полагаю; предположительно; вероятно; 4) помогать; 5) держаться крепко, не изменять; твердый; 6) Лян (фамилия)

Comments: For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen liaŋ⁶, Chaozhou liaŋ⁴, Fuzhou lioŋ⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 8218

Karlgren code: 0755 m

Go-on: rau

Kan-on: riyau

Japanese reading: ryō;rō;makoto;akiraka

Shijing occurrences: 45.1, 45.2

Character: 談

Modern (Beijing) reading: tán

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhām

Classic Old Chinese: lhām

Western Han Chinese: lhām

Eastern Han Chinese: lhām

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhām

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhām

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhām

Middle Chinese: dâm

English meaning : to speak, chat

Russian meaning[s]: 1) беседовать, разговаривать; беседа; 2) замечания на... (в заглавиях книг); 3) Тань (фамилия)

Comments: For *lh- cf. Chaozhou tham².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 5492

Karlgren code: 0617 l

Character: 諄

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhūn

English meaning : to inculcate

Russian meaning[s]: настойчиво убеждать; убедительный; умолять

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 3052

Karlgren code: 0464 l

Character: 誕

Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ānʔ

Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ā́n

Western Han Chinese: lā́n (~ Łh-)

Eastern Han Chinese: lā́n (~ lh-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́n

Middle Chinese: dấn

English meaning : be far-reaching, extending

Russian meaning[s]: 1) хвастать; чваниться, преувеличивать; абсурд; 2) необузданный; 3) родиться; день рождения; 4) большой; сильный; 5) древн. начальная частица

Comments: May be related to *Łan 延, in which case the reconstruction *Łānʔ should be preferred. Also used as an initial particle with a somewhat unclear meaning ("great"? "and then"?). One of the latest specializations is the usage of 誕 in the phrase 誕生 'birthday'.

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 6648

Karlgren code: 0203 g

Vietnamese reading: d_a`n

Shijing occurrences: 37.1