Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 姨

Modern (Beijing) reading: yí

Preclassic Old Chinese: lǝj

Classic Old Chinese: lǝj

Western Han Chinese: lǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: źǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: źɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: jɨj

Middle Chinese: ji

English meaning : sister-in-law

Russian meaning[s]: 1) свояченица; 2) тетка (со стороны матери); 3) наложница

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is di.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 5118

Karlgren code: 0551 e

Vietnamese reading: dì

Dali Bai: ji7-

Shijing occurrences: 57.1_

Character: 娃

Modern (Beijing) reading: wá

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔʷrē

Classic Old Chinese: ʔwrē

Western Han Chinese: ʔwrē

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔwriē

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔwiẹ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔwiẹ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwiẹ̄

Middle Chinese: ʔʷạ̈

English meaning : a beautiful woman [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) красивая (миловидная) девочка; 2) маленький ребенок; 3) кукла; игрушка

Comments: Jap. also has the readings Go we, Kan wa, that, as well as Pek. wá, reflect an unattested MC variant *ʔʷạ (although the Pek. tone is irregular even in this case).

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 171

Go-on: e

Kan-on: ai

Japanese reading: e;ai;wa;utsukushii

Character: 姥

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǎo

Russian meaning[s]: 1) бабушка со стороны матери; 2) повивальная бабка

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 7011

Character: 姪

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhí

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)rit

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)rit

Western Han Chinese: ḍ(h)jǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)it

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)it

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)it

Middle Chinese: ḍit

English meaning : nephew, niece [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) племянник; племянница; 2) вежл. я (при обращении к старшему)

Comments: Also read *d(h)īt, MC diet (FQ 徒結) id.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 261

Karlgren code: 0413 o-p

Jianchuan Bai: ći7-

Dali Bai: ći7

Bijiang Bai: ćĩ7

Character: 姚

Modern (Beijing) reading: yáo

Preclassic Old Chinese: Ław

Classic Old Chinese: Ław

Western Han Chinese: law

Eastern Han Chinese: źaw

Early Postclassic Chinese: źew

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jew

Late Postclassic Chinese: jew

Middle Chinese: jew

English meaning : beautiful; a family name [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) красивый, элегантный; 2) далеко; далекий; 3) Яо (фамилия)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 7529

Karlgren code: 1145 d-f

Character: 姦

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiān

Preclassic Old Chinese: krān

Classic Old Chinese: krān

Western Han Chinese: krān

Eastern Han Chinese: krān

Early Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄n

Late Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄n

Middle Chinese: kạn

English meaning : be wicked

Russian meaning[s]: 1) лукавый; вероломный, предательский; фальшивый; коварный; 2) безнравственный; распутство, разврат; развратничать

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 8788

Karlgren code: 0184 a

Vietnamese reading: gian

Character: 威

Modern (Beijing) reading: wēi

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔuj

Classic Old Chinese: ʔwǝj

Western Han Chinese: ʔwǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔwǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔwɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔwɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwɨj

Middle Chinese: ʔwɨj

English meaning : to overawe, terrorize; be awesome, majestic

Russian meaning[s]: 1) величие; авторитет; внушительный; сила, власть; 2) пугать, внушать страх; угрожать; 3) Вэй (фамилия)

Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is uy.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 6868

Karlgren code: 0574 a-c

Vietnamese reading: oai

Shijing occurrences: 26.3

Character: 姻

Modern (Beijing) reading: yīn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔin

Classic Old Chinese: ʔin

Western Han Chinese: ʔjǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔjǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔjin

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔjin

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔjin

Middle Chinese: ʔjin

English meaning : relatives by marriage

Russian meaning[s]: 1) брак; вступить в брак, выйти замуж; 2) породниться; свойственники; родственники; отец зятя

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 1868

Karlgren code: 0370 f

Shijing occurrences: 51.3_

Character: 孩

Modern (Beijing) reading: hái

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄

Western Han Chinese: gǝ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣʌj

English meaning : baby, infant [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ребенок; считать (обращаться как с) ребенком; детский; молодой (о животном); 2) смех ребенка

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 39

Four-angle index: 7815

Karlgren code: 0937 h

Vietnamese reading: hài

Character: 宣

Modern (Beijing) reading: xuān

Preclassic Old Chinese: swhar

Classic Old Chinese: sw̥an

Western Han Chinese: sw̥an

Eastern Han Chinese: sjwan

Early Postclassic Chinese: sjwen

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjwen

Late Postclassic Chinese: sjwen

Middle Chinese: sjwen

English meaning : to display, proclaim, spread

Russian meaning[s]: 1) декларировать, объявлять, обнародовать; 2) довести до сведения, сообщить; 3) полностью, целиком; полный, исчерпывающий; 4) разглашать, делать известным; 5) пропаганда; пропагандист; 6) мягкий, пышный (о хлебе, почве); 7) одутловатый (о лице); 8) Сюань (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *swhar 'a measure of volume, cubit'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 30

Karlgren code: 0164 t-v

Go-on: sen

Kan-on: sen

Japanese reading: sen;noberu;notamau;amaneshi;akiraka

Character: 宦

Modern (Beijing) reading: huàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ʷrāns

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)wrānh

Western Han Chinese: gwrānh (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gwrānh (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gwạ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwạ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gwạ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣwạ̀n

English meaning : servant; officer, official [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) служить; служить на чужбине; обучаться на чужбине; 2) евнух; 3) чиновник; 4) Хуань (фамилия)

Comments: If related to 官 *kʷān q.v., *gʷrān-s should be reconstructed.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 835

Karlgren code: 0188 a-b

Character: 室

Modern (Beijing) reading: shì

Preclassic Old Chinese: tit

Classic Old Chinese: tit

Western Han Chinese: tjǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćit

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćit

Late Postclassic Chinese: śit

Middle Chinese: śit

English meaning : house, hall

Russian meaning[s]: 1) комната; кабинет; камера; здание, дом; 2) жена; жениться

Shuowen gloss: 實也.從**.至聲.室屋皆從至.所止也. [338]

Comments: One of the cases of irregular development OC *t- > MC ś- (normally *ćit would be expected).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 276

Karlgren code: 0413 j-l

Shijing occurrences: 6.1, 10.3, 15.3, 17.2, 40.2, 40.3, 50.1_, 58.5

Character: 客

Modern (Beijing) reading: kè

Preclassic Old Chinese: khrāk

Classic Old Chinese: khrāk

Western Han Chinese: khrāk

Eastern Han Chinese: khrāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: khẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: khẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: khạ̈ik

English meaning : guest

Russian meaning[s]: 1) гость; посетитель; покупатель; 2) приезжий; путешественник; пассажир; 3) чужеземный; иностранец; 4) останавливаться, гостить

Comments: Cf. PA *kàra ( ~ k`-) 'opposite, enemy' (PT *karak 'robber').

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 1408

Karlgren code: 0766 |d ́-f ́

Vietnamese reading: khách

Jianchuan Bai: khɛ6-

Dali Bai: kher6-

Bijiang Bai: -qha6

Character: 宥

Modern (Beijing) reading: yòu

English meaning : to mitigate, pardon

Russian meaning[s]: 1) быть снисходительным, прощать; амнистировать; 2) помогать; 3) глубокий; углубленный; 4) 26-е число (в телеграммах)

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 3513

Character: 封

Modern (Beijing) reading: fēng

Preclassic Old Chinese: poŋ

Classic Old Chinese: poŋ

Western Han Chinese: poŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: poŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: poŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: poŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: poŋ

Middle Chinese: pöuŋ

English meaning : be great; (raised earth: ) boundary embankment; fief; altar

Russian meaning[s]: 1) запечатывать; опечатывать; закрывать; 2) блокировать; 3) ист. жаловать должностью (территорией); лен, инвеститура; 4) граница; пределы территории; 5) конверт; счетный суффикс конвертов, пакетов, свертков; 6) крупный; 7) насыпать (холм); насыпь; 8) Фэн (фамилия)

Comments: Cf. 逢 *boŋ.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 41

Four-angle index: 3092

Karlgren code: 1197 i-j

Character: 屎

Modern (Beijing) reading: shǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛijʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ƛíj

Western Han Chinese: l̥jǝ́j

Eastern Han Chinese: śǝ́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: śɨ́j

Middle Postclassic Chinese: śɨ́j

Late Postclassic Chinese: śɨ́j

Middle Chinese: śí

English meaning : dung, excrement [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) испражнения, кал; навоз; 2) дрянной, мерзкий, негодный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 44

Four-angle index: 5311

Karlgren code: 0561 d

Jianchuan Bai: si1

Dali Bai: si1

Bijiang Bai: šer1

Character: 屏

Modern (Beijing) reading: píng

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhēŋ

Classic Old Chinese: bhēŋ

Western Han Chinese: bhēŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: bhiēŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhiēŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhiēŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhiēŋ

Middle Chinese: bieŋ

English meaning : a protecting wall, screening wall, screen, protection

Russian meaning[s]: 1) прикрывать; защищать; 2) экран, защитная стенка; ширма; 3) небольшое полотнище с надписью (рисунком); [bǐng] 1) вымести, отбросить, убрать; 2) уйти на покой

Comments: See RDFS 71 (for *bh- cf. Chao. phiŋ²). The character is also read as bǐng, MC pjéŋ, pjèŋ, OC *peŋʔ, *peŋʔ-s 'to put away, remove' - which is most probably a different root, related to 并 *peŋ 'put together, combine' and 並 *bēŋʔ 'side by side'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 44

Four-angle index: 2403

Karlgren code: 0824 f

Character: 屍

Modern (Beijing) reading: shī

Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛij

Classic Old Chinese: ƛij

Western Han Chinese: l̥jǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: śǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: śɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: śɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: śɨj

Middle Chinese: śi

English meaning : corpse, representative of the dead

Russian meaning[s]: труп, мертвое тело; покойник, мертвый

Comments: Originally written as a pure radical 44. Standard Sino-Viet. is thi.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 44

Four-angle index: 6990

Karlgren code: 0561 c

Vietnamese reading: thây

Character: 屋

Modern (Beijing) reading: wū

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔōk

Classic Old Chinese: ʔōk

Western Han Chinese: ʔōk

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔōk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔōk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔōk

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwōk

Middle Chinese: ʔuk

English meaning : roof, house

Russian meaning[s]: 1) комната; здание, дом; 2) верх экипажа; покрышка; 3) 1-е число (в телеграммах)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 44

Four-angle index: 262

Karlgren code: 1204 a

Vietnamese reading: ốc

Shijing occurrences: 17.2_

Character: 峙

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhì

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)rǝʔ

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)rǝ́

Western Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝ́

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨ́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨ́

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨ́

Middle Chinese: ḍɨ́

English meaning : to pile up, accumulate, provide

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

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0961 q