Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 笨

Modern (Beijing) reading: bèn

Preclassic Old Chinese: bǝ̄rʔ

Classic Old Chinese: bǝ̄́n

Western Han Chinese: bǝ̄́n

Eastern Han Chinese: bǝ̄́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: bǝ̄́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bǝ̄́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: bǝ̄́n

Middle Chinese: bón

English meaning : rough, dull, stupid [Song/Qing]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) грубый (напр. о работе); 2) неуклюжий, неловкий; негибкий; 3) негодный; 4) тупой; глупый

Comments: For *b cf. Xiamen pun⁶, Fuzhou poŋ⁶. Also read *pǝ̄rʔ, MC pón (FQ 布忖) id. Since the character is late, OC *-nʔ is also possible. Another attested meaning is 'bamboo root', probably a loan usage for 本 *pǝ̄rʔ 'root'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 5298

Character: 笛

Modern (Beijing) reading: dí

Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)īkʷ

Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)īuk

Western Han Chinese: ljǝ̄uk (~ Łh-)

Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)iǝ̄uk

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēuk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēk

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēk

Middle Chinese: diek

English meaning : flute [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: флейта; дудочка; играть на флейте; свисток; гудок

Comments: The graph 笛 is used since Han; the earlier graph was 篴.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 1815

Vietnamese reading: d_ịch

Character: 第

Modern (Beijing) reading: dì

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhǝ̄js

Classic Old Chinese: Łhǝ̄jh

Western Han Chinese: Łhǝ̄jh

Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ̄ś

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: dièj

English meaning : order, rank [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ряд; порядок; серия; ранг, степень; показатель порядковых числительных; 2) дом, усадьба; жилище; 3) но, только; допустим даже, что...

Comments: For *Łh cf. Jianou thi⁸.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 4657

Karlgren code: 0591 e

Vietnamese reading: d_ệ

Character: 符

Modern (Beijing) reading: fú

Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)o

Classic Old Chinese: b(h)o

Western Han Chinese: b(h)wa

Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)wa

Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wo

Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wo

Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wo

Middle Chinese: bü

English meaning : amulet, talisman

Russian meaning[s]: 1) совпадать; соответствовать; согласовывать, подлаживать(ся); 2) удостоверять; верительная бирка, удостоверение; условный знак; амулет

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is phù.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 3135

Karlgren code: 0136 m

Vietnamese reading: bùa

Character: 笙

Modern (Beijing) reading: shēng

Preclassic Old Chinese: srēŋ (~ -eŋ)

Classic Old Chinese: srēŋ

Western Han Chinese: ṣēŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣiēŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣiẹ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣiẹ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣiẹ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: ṣạiŋ

English meaning : reed organ

Russian meaning[s]: 1) свирель; 2) рогожка (цыновка) на сиденье

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 404

Karlgren code: 0812 h

Character: 笞

Modern (Beijing) reading: chī

Russian meaning[s]: бить (палками); пороть (плетьми); палка; батог

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 1443

Character: 笮

Modern (Beijing) reading: zuó

Russian meaning[s]: канат из волокон бамбука

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 3723

Karlgren code: 0806 k

Character: 粒

Modern (Beijing) reading: lì

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhǝp

Classic Old Chinese: rhǝp

Western Han Chinese: rhǝp

Eastern Han Chinese: rhǝp

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhip

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhip

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhip

Middle Chinese: lip

English meaning : cereals, grain as food; live on grain

Russian meaning[s]: 1) зерно, ядро, крупинка; 2) счетный суффикс небольших по размеру круглых предметов (зерен, бус, пуговиц и т. п.)

Comments: For *rh cf. Meixian lip⁷.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 119

Four-angle index: 547

Karlgren code: 0694 f

Character: 粗

Modern (Beijing) reading: cū

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́hāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒhā́

Western Han Chinese: ʒhā́

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhṓ

Middle Chinese: ʒó

English meaning : rough [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) грубый, необработанный; 2) невежественный; 3) простой; грубый; 4) толстый; плотный; 5) черновой; кое-как; вчерне; поверхностный

Comments: A parallel reading is *ćhā, MC *cho (whence modern cū).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 119

Four-angle index: 605

Karlgren code: 0046 |h ́

Jianchuan Bai: chu4

Dali Bai: chu4

Bijiang Bai: ćhü4

Character: 粕

Modern (Beijing) reading: pò

Preclassic Old Chinese: phrāk

Classic Old Chinese: phrāk

Western Han Chinese: phrāk

Eastern Han Chinese: phrāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: phẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: phẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: phạ̈ik

English meaning : (wine) residue [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: 糟粕 1) винный осадок, барда; 2) дрянь, отбросы

Comments: The word is attested only in conjunction with 糟 zāo 'wine', and only since Tang. Viet. bã is not a regular reflex.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 119

Four-angle index: 1636

Karlgren code: 0782 p

Vietnamese reading: bã

Character: 絆

Modern (Beijing) reading: bàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: pāns

Classic Old Chinese: pānh

Western Han Chinese: pānh

Eastern Han Chinese: pānh

Early Postclassic Chinese: pā̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pā̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: pā̀n

Middle Chinese: pwần

English meaning : bonds, ties [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) аркан; путы; веревка для треножения лошадей; 2) стреножить, связать; 3) споткнуться о...

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 2467

Character: 絃

Modern (Beijing) reading: xián

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghīn

Classic Old Chinese: ghīn

Western Han Chinese: ɣjǝ̄n

Eastern Han Chinese: ɣiǝ̄n

Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣiēn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣiēn

Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣiēn

Middle Chinese: ɣien

English meaning : = 弦 q. v.

Russian meaning[s]: см. 弦 1) и 2)

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 8689

Karlgren code: 0366 g

Character: 統

Modern (Beijing) reading: tǒng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) объединять; соединять; обобщать; унифицировать; итог, целое; всеобщий; общий; вообще; 2) управлять, руководить; контролировать; господствовать; владеть; 3) конец нити (кокона); начало ряда; последовательность, система

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 7515

Karlgren code: 1011 b

Character: 紮

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhá

Russian meaning[s]: 1) связывать; обвязывать; бинтовать; связка; сноп; 2) останавливаться, поселиться; располагаться; [zā] затянуть; подвязать; связать (напр. плот)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 8287

Character: 紹

Modern (Beijing) reading: shào

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)awʔ

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)áw

Western Han Chinese: d(h)áw

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́(h)áw

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)éw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)éw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)éw

Middle Chinese: ʒ́éw

English meaning : to continue, transmit, take over

Russian meaning[s]: 1) продолжать, наследовать, преемствовать; 2) рекомендовать; посредничать; 3) сокр. Шаосин (город в провинции Чжэцзян)

Comments: See also 夭.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 1354

Karlgren code: 1131 z

Character: 紼

Modern (Beijing) reading: fù

English meaning : rope

Russian meaning[s]: канат, веревка; тяж (для опускания гроба)

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 4665

Karlgren code: 0500 e

Character: 絀

Modern (Beijing) reading: chù

Preclassic Old Chinese: trut

Classic Old Chinese: trwǝt

Western Han Chinese: ṭwǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ṭwǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭwit

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭwit

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭwit

Middle Chinese: ṭwit

English meaning : to bend [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) недоставать; нехватка; 2) сметывать, сшивать

Comments: Not quite reliable: sometimes considered just a graphic variant of 屈 *khut q.v.; Pek. chù has an aberrant initial.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 1013

Karlgren code: 0495 g

Character: 細

Modern (Beijing) reading: xì

Preclassic Old Chinese: sēs

Classic Old Chinese: sēh

Western Han Chinese: sēh

Eastern Han Chinese: siēh

Early Postclassic Chinese: siḕj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: siḕj

Late Postclassic Chinese: siḕj

Middle Chinese: sìej

English meaning : small, tiny; detailed [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) тонкий; мелкий; жидкий; крошечный; 2) нежный; тонкий; изящный; 3) детальный, подробный; подробно, внимательно, тщательно, детально

Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is tế.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 1722

Vietnamese reading: tí

Character: 紳

Modern (Beijing) reading: shēn

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шэньши (джентри); местные влиятельные люди; чиновники на покое; 2) чиновничий пояс; связывать

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 2646

Karlgren code: 0385 h-i

Character: 組

Modern (Beijing) reading: zǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: cā́

Western Han Chinese: cā́

Eastern Han Chinese: cā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: cṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: cṓ

Middle Chinese: có

English meaning : silk string

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шелковая лента; шнур; пояс, кушак; шнурок; бахрома; плести; 2) группа; кружок; звено; секция; 3) организовать, образовать, сформировать

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 609

Karlgren code: 0046 |e ́ - g ́

Shijing occurrences: 38.2_, 53.2_