Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 荏

Modern (Beijing) reading: rěn

Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)ǝmʔ

Classic Old Chinese: n(h)ǝ́m

Western Han Chinese: n(h)ǝ́m

Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)ǝ́m

Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ím

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ím

Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ím

Middle Chinese: ńím

English meaning : a kind of big bean (Perilla ocimoides); soft

Russian meaning[s]: 1) бобы; 2) эгома (бобовое растение); 3) слабый; мягкий; 4) большой

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 294

Karlgren code: 0667 s

Character: 茲

Modern (Beijing) reading: zī

Preclassic Old Chinese: cǝ

Classic Old Chinese: cǝ

Western Han Chinese: cǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: cjǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: cjɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: cjɨ

Middle Chinese: cjɨ

English meaning : this; here; then, and so

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0966 b-f

Shijing occurrences: 39.4

Character: 茹

Modern (Beijing) reading: rú

Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)a

Classic Old Chinese: n(h)a

Western Han Chinese: n(h)a

Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)a

Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)o

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)o

Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)o

Middle Chinese: ńö

English meaning : interlaced roots, grass roots

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сплетенные корни; 2) есть, питаться; кушанье, блюдо; 3) сгнить, протухнуть; 4) Жу (фамилия)

Comments: Used also for *n(h)a-s 'to examine, scrutinize' (thus in Shi 26,2); in the die-sheng 茹藘 *n(h)a-r(h)a 'Chinese madder (Rubia cordiflora)'. Also read *n(h)aʔ (MC ńö́, FQ 人渚), *n(h)aʔ-s (MC ńö̀, FQ 人恕), Pek. rǔ, rù 'to swallow'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 1087

Karlgren code: 0094 r

Shijing occurrences: 26.2_

Character: 茶

Modern (Beijing) reading: chá

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: ḍạ

English meaning : tea [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) чай; чайный куст; чайный; 2) бот. чайное дерево

Comments: See notes to 荼. Viet. chè is colloquial; the regular Sino-Viet. form is trà.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 5248

Vietnamese reading: chè

Jianchuan Bai: co7

Dali Bai: co7

Bijiang Bai: ṭo7

Character: 茗

Modern (Beijing) reading: míng

Russian meaning[s]: листочки (почки) чайного куста; чайный куст; чай

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 1343

Character: 荀

Modern (Beijing) reading: xūn

Preclassic Old Chinese: swhin

Classic Old Chinese: sw̥in

Western Han Chinese: sw̥jǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: sjwǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: sjwin

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjwin

Late Postclassic Chinese: sjwin

Middle Chinese: sjwin

English meaning : name of a plant [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) Сюнь (фамилия); 2) Сюнь (название древнего княжества); 3) Сюнь-цзы (философский трактат III в. до н. э.)

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 4339

Karlgren code: 0392 o

Character: 茱

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhu

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 茨

Modern (Beijing) reading: cí

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ij

Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ij

Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jij

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jij

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ji

Middle Chinese: ʒji

English meaning : puncture-vine (Tribulus terrestris)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *ʒ(h)ij 'to pile up, thatch a roof'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0555 i

Shijing occurrences: 46.1, 46.2, 46.3

Character: 荃

Modern (Beijing) reading: quán

Russian meaning[s]: 1) душистое растение; благоуханный; вежл. Ваш; 2) верша, вм. 筌; 3) тонкое полотно

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 342

Character: �

Modern (Beijing) reading: quān

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćhon

Classic Old Chinese: chwan

Western Han Chinese: chwan

Eastern Han Chinese: chjwan

Early Postclassic Chinese: chjwen

Middle Postclassic Chinese: chjwen

Late Postclassic Chinese: chjwen

Middle Chinese: chjwen

English meaning : a fragrant plant [LZ]

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0234 f

Character: 虔

Modern (Beijing) reading: qián

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghran

Classic Old Chinese: ghran

Western Han Chinese: ghran

Eastern Han Chinese: ghran

Early Postclassic Chinese: ghen

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghen

Late Postclassic Chinese: ghen

Middle Chinese: gen

English meaning : to cut, kill, be ferocious

Russian meaning[s]: 1) мягкий, но сильный (как походка тигра); твердый, крепкий; 2) почтительный; уважать; 3) отнять силой; 4) убить, погубить

Comments: Used also for a homonymous *ghran 'be reverent'. For *gh- cf. Chaozhou, Fuzhou khieŋ², Xiamen khian².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 141

Four-angle index: 6403

Karlgren code: 0198 a-b

Character: 蚊

Modern (Beijing) reading: wén

Preclassic Old Chinese: mhǝn

Classic Old Chinese: mhǝn

Western Han Chinese: mhǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: mhwǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: mhwɨn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhwɨn

Late Postclassic Chinese: mhwɨn

Middle Chinese: mün

English meaning : mosquito [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: комар, москит

Comments: For *mh- cf. Chaozhou buŋ¹; Shaowu mǝn⁷.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 6401

Karlgren code: 0475 k-l

Jianchuan Bai: mo6-

Dali Bai: mɨ6-

Bijiang Bai: mo6-

Character: 蚪

Modern (Beijing) reading: dou

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 蚓

Modern (Beijing) reading: yǐn

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łǝnʔ

Classic Old Chinese: Łín

Western Han Chinese: ljǝ́n

Eastern Han Chinese: źǝ́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: źɨ́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jɨ́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: jɨ́n

Middle Chinese: jín

English meaning : earthworm [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: дождевой червь

Comments: Viet. giun (there also exists a phonetic variant trùn) reflects PAA *Cǝ-lun / *kǝ-lun ( = PAN *gelaŋ) which is the probable source of the Chinese form. Regular Sino-Viet. is dẫn. Xiesheng suggests rather *Łinʔ, but the word is attested late - already after the confusion of *-r and *-n - and is also written as 螾, so we prefer the reconstruction *Łǝnʔ.

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 1950

Karlgren code: 0371 c

Vietnamese reading: giun

Character: 蚤

Modern (Beijing) reading: zǎo

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: cū́

Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄́w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cā́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: cā́w

Middle Chinese: cấw

English meaning : flea

Russian meaning[s]: 1) блоха; 2) рано, вм. 早

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8745

Karlgren code: 1112 d

Character: 蚩

Modern (Beijing) reading: chī

Preclassic Old Chinese: thǝ

Classic Old Chinese: thǝ

Western Han Chinese: thǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: ćhǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhɨ

Middle Chinese: ćhɨ

English meaning : (perhaps) be jesting, jolly

Russian meaning[s]: 1) червь; 2) невежественный; бестолковый; 3) презирать; насмехаться, вм. 媸; 4) безобразный, уродливый, вм. 媸

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8721

Karlgren code: 0962 d

Shijing occurrences: 58.1_

Character: 蚌

Modern (Beijing) reading: bàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhrōŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: bhrṓŋ

Western Han Chinese: bhrṓŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: bhrṓŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhọ̄́ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhọ̄́ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhọ̄́ŋ

Middle Chinese: bạ́uŋ

English meaning : a k. of oyster, pearl oyster [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: жемчужная устрица

Comments: For *bh- cf. Fuzhou phauŋ⁶.

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 2549

Karlgren code: 1197 d

Character: 蚣

Modern (Beijing) reading: gōng

Russian meaning[s]: 蜈蚣 зоол. сколопендра (Scolopendra, ядовитая сороконожка)

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8655

Character: 蚜

Modern (Beijing) reading: ya

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 衰

Modern (Beijing) reading: shuāi

Preclassic Old Chinese: sruj

Classic Old Chinese: srwǝj

Western Han Chinese: ṣwǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣwǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣwɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣwɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣwɨj

Middle Chinese: ṣwi

English meaning : diminish, decline, decay [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: дряхлеть, слабеть; приходить в упадок; [chuāi] падать; спускаться (по ступеням); снижаться (закономерно); [cuī] 1) траурные одежды, см. 縗; 2) хим. циан; [suō] см. 蓑

Comments: Also read *shroj, MC c̣hwe, Pek. chūi 'reduce, graduate'; *shūj, MC choj, Pek. cūi 'mourning clothes' (LZ).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5722

Karlgren code: 0355 a