Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 皎

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǎo

English meaning : be bright

Russian meaning[s]: ясный, светлый; чистый, белый; бледный; освещать, озарять (о луне)

Radical: 106

Four-angle index: 6377

Karlgren code: 1166 y

Character: 盔

Modern (Beijing) reading: kuī

Russian meaning[s]: шлем

Radical: 108

Four-angle index: 698

Character: 盒

Modern (Beijing) reading: hé

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghǝ̄p

Classic Old Chinese: ghǝ̄p

Western Han Chinese: ɣǝ̄p

Eastern Han Chinese: ɣǝ̄p

Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄p

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄p

Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄p

Middle Chinese: ɣʌp

English meaning : box, chest [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: коробка, коробок, шкатулка; футляр

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is hạp. See also 匣 *ghrāp. For *gh cf. Xiamen aʔ⁸, ap⁸, Chaozhou ap⁸, Fuzhou ak⁸.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 108

Four-angle index: 640

Vietnamese reading: hộp

Character: 盛

Modern (Beijing) reading: shèng

Preclassic Old Chinese: deŋ

Classic Old Chinese: deŋ

Western Han Chinese: deŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́eŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́eŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́eŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́eŋ

Middle Chinese: ʒ́eŋ

English meaning : to put into, pack

Russian meaning[s]: 1) цветущий, роскошный, обильный, полный; процветание; процветать; 2) вежл. Ваш; 3) Шэн (фамилия); [chéng] 1) наполнить, набить; 2) вместить, удержать

Comments: = 成 q.v. Also read *deŋ-s, MC ʒ́èŋ (FQ 承正) 'full, complete, completeness' (attested since Late Zhou and obviously derived < *d(h)eŋ).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 108

Four-angle index: 711

Karlgren code: 0818 i-j

Shijing occurrences: 15.2

Character: 眷

Modern (Beijing) reading: juàn

Russian meaning[s]: 1) любить; заботиться; 2) семья, родные

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 1701

Character: 眾

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhòng

Preclassic Old Chinese: tuŋs

Classic Old Chinese: tuŋh

Western Han Chinese: tǝuŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝuŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćɨùŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćùŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćùŋ

Middle Chinese: ćǜŋ

English meaning : be numerous, all; multitude, common people

Russian meaning[s]: 1) толпа, масса; множество; все; всеобщий; 2) рядовой, обычный

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 143

Four-angle index: 5567

Karlgren code: 1010 a-d

Vietnamese reading: chúng

Shijing occurrences: 54.3

Character: 眼

Modern (Beijing) reading: yǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄nʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄́n

Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄́n

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)ǝ̣̄́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)iǝ̣̄́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)iǝ̣̄́n

Middle Chinese: ŋạ̈́n

English meaning : eye-hole, hole; eye [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) глаз; взор; зрение; 2) кругозор, эрудиция; проницательность; 3) основной пункт, важнейший момент; 4) глазок; отверстие, дырка; 5) счетный суффикс предметов с отверстием; 6) пробел; пауза (в музыке); 7) свободное поле на шашечной доске

Comments: Also read *ŋ(h)ǝ̄nʔ, MC ŋл́n, Mand. ěn 'convex'. In Bai the word means both 'hole' and 'eye'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 5764

Karlgren code: 0416 l

Vietnamese reading: nhãn

Jianchuan Bai: ŋui1

Dali Bai: ui1

Bijiang Bai: vĩ1

Character: 眶

Modern (Beijing) reading: kuàng

Russian meaning[s]: глазная впадина

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 767

Karlgren code: 0739 u

Character: 眸

Modern (Beijing) reading: móu

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)(r)u

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)(r)u

Western Han Chinese: m(h)(r)ǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)(r)ǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)iw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝw

Middle Chinese: mǝw

English meaning : pupil of the eye

Russian meaning[s]: зрачок

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 2491

Karlgren code: 1110 c

Character: 眺

Modern (Beijing) reading: tiào

Russian meaning[s]: пристально смотреть, глазеть, наблюдать, уставиться

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 7521

Karlgren code: 1145 j

Character: 硫

Modern (Beijing) reading: liú

Preclassic Old Chinese: ru

Classic Old Chinese: ru

Western Han Chinese: rǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: rǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: liw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: lǝw

Middle Chinese: lǝw

English meaning : sulphur [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: хим. сера (S)

Comments: For *r cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou liu².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 7608

Character: 硃

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhū

Russian meaning[s]: 1) киноварь; красный; 2) наложить резолюцию (красной тушью); 3) подпись императора (на указе)

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 5348

Character: 硎

Modern (Beijing) reading: xíng

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ēŋ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ēŋ

Western Han Chinese: gēŋ (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣieŋ

English meaning : whetstone

Russian meaning[s]: точильный камень, оселок

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 2838

Karlgren code: 0808 f

Character: 祥

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiáng

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhaŋ

Classic Old Chinese: lhaŋ

Western Han Chinese: lhaŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: zhaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: zhaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: zhaŋ

Middle Chinese: zjaŋ

English meaning : be felicitous, lucky

Russian meaning[s]: 1) доброе предзнаменование; счастье, добро; 2) древн. жертвоприношение

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 113

Four-angle index: 2508

Karlgren code: 0732 n-o

Character: 票

Modern (Beijing) reading: piào

Preclassic Old Chinese: phew

Classic Old Chinese: phew

Western Han Chinese: phjaw

Eastern Han Chinese: phjaw

Early Postclassic Chinese: phjew

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phjew

Late Postclassic Chinese: phjew

Middle Chinese: phjew

English meaning : to flicker, wave lightly [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) билет; квитанция; расписка; ордер; талон; карточка; повестка; ярлык; чек; банкноты; 2) бюллетень (баллотировочный); голос (при счете); 3) партия (товара); 4) похищенное лицо (с целью выкупа)

Comments: Since Ming the character is also used for piào (MC not attested; = Viet. phiếu) 'bill, ticket, ballot' (at first only within the combination 票擬).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 113

Four-angle index: 8170

Karlgren code: 1157 a-b

Vietnamese reading: phiếu

Character: 祭

Modern (Beijing) reading: jì

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćets

Classic Old Chinese: ceć

Western Han Chinese: cjaś

Eastern Han Chinese: cjaś

Early Postclassic Chinese: cjeś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjèj

Late Postclassic Chinese: cjèj

Middle Chinese: cjèj

English meaning : to sacrifice, offer a sacrifice

Russian meaning[s]: приносить жертву (духам или предкам); молиться; обрядовый, ритуальный

Comments: During LZ also attested as *ćrēts (MC c̣ạ̈̀j, Pek. zhài) 'name of a state'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 113

Four-angle index: 8205

Karlgren code: 0337 a-d

Vietnamese reading: tế

Character: 移

Modern (Beijing) reading: yí

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łaj

Classic Old Chinese: Łaj

Western Han Chinese: laj

Eastern Han Chinese: źe

Early Postclassic Chinese: źe

Middle Postclassic Chinese: je

Late Postclassic Chinese: je

Middle Chinese: je

English meaning : to transfer, move

Russian meaning[s]: 1) переселять(ся); переносить, передвигать, перемещать; переложить на (кого-л.); соответствует приставке пере- перед глаголом; 2) переменить; 3) двинуть (напр. рукой); 4) применить; 5) переслать отношение; послать официальную бумагу

Comments: A more archaic Viet. loanword is dò'i 'to move, to transfer'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 115

Four-angle index: 4163

Karlgren code: 0003 q

Vietnamese reading: di

Character: 窒

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhì

Preclassic Old Chinese: trit

Classic Old Chinese: trit

Western Han Chinese: ṭjǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ṭǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭit

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭit

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭit

Middle Chinese: ṭit

English meaning : to stop up

Russian meaning[s]: 1) заваливать; затыкать; преграждать; 2) задыхаться

Comments: Also read *tīt, MC tiet, Pek. die 4.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 116

Four-angle index: 277

Karlgren code: 0413 h

Character: 窕

Modern (Beijing) reading: tiǎo

Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ēwʔ

Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ḗw

Western Han Chinese: ljā́w (~ Łh-)

Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)iā́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iḗw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iḗw

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iḗw

Middle Chinese: díew

English meaning : be elegant, beautiful

Russian meaning[s]: 1) тонкий, мелкий; 2) скрытый, глубокий, сокровенный; 3) мягкий, податливый, гибкий; грациозный, изящный; красивый; 4) несерьезный, пустой

Shuowen gloss: 深肆極也.從穴.兆聲.讀若挑.

Comments: Used only in the compound 窈窕 'be elegant, beautiful'. The modern reading tiǎo is irregular (*diào would be expected normally), influenced by cases like 挑眺跳 etc.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 116

Four-angle index: 7533

Karlgren code: 1145 q

Shijing occurrences: 1.1

Character: 笠

Modern (Beijing) reading: lì

English meaning : bamboo hat, splint hat

Russian meaning[s]: шляпа из бамбуковой щепы (от дождя, у крестьян)

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 555

Karlgren code: 0694 e