Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 皋

Modern (Beijing) reading: gāo

Preclassic Old Chinese: kū

Classic Old Chinese: kū

Western Han Chinese: kǝ̄w

Eastern Han Chinese: kǝ̄w

Early Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̄w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kāw

Late Postclassic Chinese: kāw

Middle Chinese: kâw

English meaning : marsh, swamp

Russian meaning[s]: 1) низина, луговина; 2) берег; излучина реки; 3) 5-й лунный месяц

Comments: Also used for homonymous *kū 'be high' (a variant of 高 *kāw ?) and *kū 'be lazy'. During Late Zhou used also for *kū 'shore' and *g(h)ū (MC ɣâw, FQ JY 乎刀, Pek. háo) 'to announce, cry out' ( = 嗥). The meaning 'marsh', although attested already in Shijing, is absent from Schüssler's dictionary.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 132

Four-angle index: 2322

Karlgren code: 1040 a-b

Go-on: kau

Kan-on: kau

Japanese reading: kō;sawa;kishi;takai;satsuki

Character: 益

Modern (Beijing) reading: yì

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔek

Classic Old Chinese: ʔek

Western Han Chinese: ʔek

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔjek

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔjek

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔjek

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔjek

Middle Chinese: ʔjek

English meaning : to add, increase

Russian meaning[s]: 1) польза, выгода; полезный; приносить пользу; 2) увеличивать, развивать; помогать; 3) тем более, еще более; 4) И (фамилия)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 108

Four-angle index: 702

Karlgren code: 0849 a-b

Shijing occurrences: 40.2_

Character: 盍

Modern (Beijing) reading: hé

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghāp

Classic Old Chinese: ghāp

Western Han Chinese: ɣāp

Eastern Han Chinese: ɣāp

Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣāp

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣāp

Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣāp

English meaning : to fit, join, unite

Russian meaning[s]: 1) почему бы не...; 2) почему?, вм. 何; 3) соединять

Comments: During Late Zhou, used for homonymous *ghāp 'door leaf', as well as for *ghāp, a contraction < *ghā(j)-pǝ 'why not'.

Radical: 108

Four-angle index: 723

Karlgren code: 0642 n-o

Character: 盎

Modern (Beijing) reading: àng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔāŋʔs

Classic Old Chinese: ʔāŋh

Western Han Chinese: ʔāŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔāŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔā̀ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔā̀ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔā̀ŋ

Middle Chinese: ʔầŋ

English meaning : tray, plate

Russian meaning[s]: миска; таз; блюдо

Comments: Attested since Late Zhou. Also read *ʔāŋʔ, MC ʔấŋ (FQ 烏朗) id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 108

Four-angle index: 697

Karlgren code: 0718 i

Character: 眩

Modern (Beijing) reading: xuàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ʷīn

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)wīn

Western Han Chinese: gwjǝ̄n (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gwiǝ̄n (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gwiēn (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwiēn (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gwiēn (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣwien

English meaning : troubled sight, delude, deceive [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) искры в глазах; рябить (в глазах); мерещиться; 2) вводить в сомнение; морочить

Comments: Also read *g(h)ʷīn-s, MC ɣwìen, Pek. xuàn id.

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 8685

Karlgren code: 0366 d

Character: 真

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhēn

Preclassic Old Chinese: tin

Classic Old Chinese: tin

Western Han Chinese: tjǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćin

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćin

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćin

Middle Chinese: ćin

English meaning : true, real, sincere [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) настоящий, истинный; фактический, подлинный; достоверный; правда, истина, действительность; по правде, в самом деле, фактически; 2) искренний, правдивый; 3) 11-е число (в телеграммах); 4) Чжэнь (фамилия)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 12

Four-angle index: 7900

Karlgren code: 0375 a

Vietnamese reading: chân

Jianchuan Bai: cɛ̃4

Dali Bai: ci5

Bijiang Bai: čẽr4

Character: 眠

Modern (Beijing) reading: mián

Preclassic Old Chinese: mīn

Classic Old Chinese: mīn

Western Han Chinese: mjǝ̄n

Eastern Han Chinese: miǝ̄n

Early Postclassic Chinese: miēn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: miēn

Late Postclassic Chinese: miēn

Middle Chinese: mien

English meaning : shut the eyes

Russian meaning[s]: 1) спать, дремать; сон; 2) спячка (у животных); 3) положить горизонтально; лечь горизонтально; горизонтальный, лежачий

Comments: Also read *mīnʔ, MC míen, Pek. miǎn 'befool'. For *m- cf. Xiamen bin2, Chaozhou miŋ2, Fuzhou mieŋ2, Jianou mɛiŋ2.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 6712

Karlgren code: 0457 e

Character: 眨

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhǎ

Russian meaning[s]: мигать, подмигивать, перемигиваться

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 6443

Character: 矩

Modern (Beijing) reading: jǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷaʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kwá

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 : carpenter's square; rule, law [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) плотничий угольник, угломер; 2) правило; норма; образец, модель

Radical: 111

Four-angle index: 828

Karlgren code: 0095 c-e

Character: 砰

Modern (Beijing) reading: pēng

Preclassic Old Chinese: phrēŋ

Classic Old Chinese: phrēŋ

Western Han Chinese: phrēŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: phriēŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: phiẹ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phiẹ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: phiẹ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: phạiŋ

English meaning : rumble [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: цокот

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 2378

Karlgren code: 0825 g

Character: 砧

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhēn

Russian meaning[s]: наковальня; каменная подставка

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 1250

Character: 砸

Modern (Beijing) reading: zá

Russian meaning[s]: 1) разбить(ся); 2) придавить; раздавить; быть раздавленным; растолочь; 3) утрамбовать; заложить (фундамент); 4) испортить

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 801

Character: 砝

Modern (Beijing) reading: fà

Russian meaning[s]: 砝碼 гири; гири-разновесы

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 8639

Character: 破

Modern (Beijing) reading: pò

Preclassic Old Chinese: phājs

Classic Old Chinese: phājh

Western Han Chinese: phājh

Eastern Han Chinese: phǟh

Early Postclassic Chinese: phā̀

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phā̀

Late Postclassic Chinese: phā̀

Middle Chinese: phwầ

English meaning : to break, split

Russian meaning[s]: 1) порвать; поломать; прорвать, проткнуть; разбить; нанести поражение; сломанный; рваный, дырявый; 2) вскрыть, раскрыть; обнаружить, разгадать; разъяснить; 3) тратить; потратиться; обанкротиться; 4) неправильный; нестандартный

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 6085

Karlgren code: 0025 o

Vietnamese reading: phá

Jianchuan Bai: pho3

Bijiang Bai: pho2, pho4-

Character: 砷

Modern (Beijing) reading: shen

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 砥

Modern (Beijing) reading: dǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝjʔ

Classic Old Chinese: tǝ́j

Western Han Chinese: tǝ́j

Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝ́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćíj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćíj

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćí

Middle Chinese: ćí

English meaning : whetstone; smooth

Russian meaning[s]: 1) точильный камень; 2) гладкий, ровный; уравнять; равный; поровну

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 6693

Karlgren code: 0590 o

Character: 砭

Modern (Beijing) reading: biān

Russian meaning[s]: 1) каменная игла; колоть каменной иглой (способ лечения в древнем Китае); 2) перен. усовещивать; укор

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 6442

Character: 砠

Modern (Beijing) reading: jū

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćha

Classic Old Chinese: cha

Western Han Chinese: cha

Eastern Han Chinese: chja

Early Postclassic Chinese: chjo

Middle Postclassic Chinese: chjo

Late Postclassic Chinese: chjo

Middle Chinese: chjö

English meaning : rock covered with earth

Russian meaning[s]: каменистый склон*

Shuowen gloss: 岨: 石戴土也.從山.且聲.詩曰.陟彼岨矣. [439]

Comments: Written alternatively as 岨.

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 9999

Karlgren code: 0046 q

Shijing occurrences: 3.4_

Character: 砟

Modern (Beijing) reading: zha

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 砲

Modern (Beijing) reading: pào

Preclassic Old Chinese: phrāws (~ -ūs)

Classic Old Chinese: phrāwh

Western Han Chinese: phrāwh

Eastern Han Chinese: phrāwh

Early Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄̀w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: phạ̀w

English meaning : catapult [Jin]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) пушка, орудие; огнестрельное оружие; 2) древн. катапульта (также фигура в китайских шахматах)

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 7102

Vietnamese reading: pháo