Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 鉑

Modern (Beijing) reading: bó

Preclassic Old Chinese: brāk

Classic Old Chinese: brāk

Western Han Chinese: brāk

Eastern Han Chinese: brāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: bẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: bẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: bạ̈ik

English meaning : folium gold; platinum [late]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) листовое золото; металл в листах; фольга; 2) хим. платина (Pt)

Comments: Probably same word as 白 *brāk 'white' q.v.

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 1629

Vietnamese reading: bạc

Character: 鈴

Modern (Beijing) reading: líng

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhēŋ

Classic Old Chinese: rhēŋ

Western Han Chinese: rhēŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: rhiēŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhiēŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhiēŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhiēŋ

Middle Chinese: lieŋ

English meaning : a small bell, banner bell

Russian meaning[s]: колокольчик, бубенчик; звонок

Comments: For *rh cf. Chaozhou leŋ¹, Fuzhou liŋ¹.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 2062

Karlgren code: 0823 r-t

Character: 鉉

Modern (Beijing) reading: xuàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ʷīnʔ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)wī́n

Western Han Chinese: gwjǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gwiǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gwiḗn (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwiḗn (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gwiḗn (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣwíen

English meaning : bar passed through ears of a ting vessel in order to lift it

Russian meaning[s]: металлический шест (для переноса треножников)

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 8684

Karlgren code: 0366 e

Character: 鉍

Modern (Beijing) reading: bì

Russian meaning[s]: 1) рукоятка боевой секиры; 2) хим. висмут (Bi)

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 8512

Character: 鉅

Modern (Beijing) reading: jù

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)aʔ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)á

Western Han Chinese: g(h)á

Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)á

Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ó

Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ó

Middle Chinese: gö́

English meaning : hard iron [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) огромный, громадный; 2) закаленное железо; сталь; твердый; 3) крюк, крючок; 4) пила, см. 鋸; 5) как?, какой?, см. 詎

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 823

Karlgren code: 0095 r

Character: 鈹

Modern (Beijing) reading: pī

Preclassic Old Chinese: phaj

Classic Old Chinese: phaj

Western Han Chinese: phaj

Eastern Han Chinese: phe

Early Postclassic Chinese: phe

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phe

Late Postclassic Chinese: phe

Middle Chinese: phe

English meaning : short sword, dagger [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) большая игла; 2) кортик, шпага; [pí] хим. бериллий (Be)

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 6082

Karlgren code: 0025 k

Character: 鈿

Modern (Beijing) reading: diàn

Russian meaning[s]: женские украшения (для волос); золотые украшения; инкрустация; оправа

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 1714

Character: 鉚

Modern (Beijing) reading: mao

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 閘

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhá

Russian meaning[s]: шлюз, плотина; застава; барьер; затор (на водном пути); закрыть; запрудить

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 169

Four-angle index: 3408

Character: 隘

Modern (Beijing) reading: ài

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔrēks

Classic Old Chinese: ʔrēh

Western Han Chinese: ʔrēh

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔriēh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔiẹ̄̀

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔiẹ̄̀

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔiẹ̄̀

Middle Chinese: ʔạ̈̀

English meaning : be narrow

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ущелье, проход; дефиле; узкий; 2) стесненный; сдавленный; 3) узкий, ограниченный; недалекий

Comments: The -s-less reading *ʔrēk, MC ʔạik, Go yaku, Kan aku 'to be narrow, hinder' is attested since Late Zhou. The word is also written (since Han) as �.

Radical: 170

Four-angle index: 706

Karlgren code: 0849 h

Go-on: e

Kan-on: ai

Japanese reading: e;ai;yaku;aku;semai;fusagaru;kurushimu;wazawai;nayami

Vietnamese reading: a`i

Character: 隔

Modern (Beijing) reading: gé

Preclassic Old Chinese: krēk

Classic Old Chinese: krēk

Western Han Chinese: krēk

Eastern Han Chinese: kriēk

Early Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: kạik

English meaning : distant, to separate [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) быть отделенным (отрезанным); отделяться; разлучаться; 2) отстоять от (чего-л.); 3) на той стороне; через; 4) не ладить; жить в отчуждении

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 170

Four-angle index: 3827

Karlgren code: 0855 f

Vietnamese reading: cách

Character: 隕

Modern (Beijing) reading: yǔn

Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)rǝnʔ

Classic Old Chinese: w(h)rǝ́n

Western Han Chinese: w(h)rǝ́n

Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)rǝ́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ín

Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ín

Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ín

Middle Chinese: wín

English meaning : to drop, fall

Russian meaning[s]: 1) упасть с высоты; низвергнуться; 2) погубить; погибнуть, вм. 殞

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 170

Four-angle index: 7960

Karlgren code: 0227 g-h

Shijing occurrences: 58.4_

Character: 雍

Modern (Beijing) reading: yōng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔoŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ʔóŋ

Western Han Chinese: ʔóŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔóŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔóŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔóŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔóŋ

Middle Chinese: ʔö́uŋ

English meaning : to cover, conceal

Russian meaning[s]: 1) гармония, согласие, мир; мирный; ласковый, приветливый; 2) Юн (фамилия)

Comments: Also read *ʔoŋʔ-s, MC ʔö̀uŋ, Pek. yòng.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 172

Four-angle index: 874

Karlgren code: 1184 h

Character: 雋

Modern (Beijing) reading: juàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)orʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)wán

Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)wán

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jwán

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jwén

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jwén

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jwén

Middle Chinese: ʒjwén

English meaning : fat (meat) [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) жирное мясо, лучшая говядина; 2) Цзюань (фамилия); [jùn] бравый, доблестный, вм. 俊

Radical: 172

Four-angle index: 4042

Karlgren code: 0235 a

Character: 雉

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhì

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhijʔ

Classic Old Chinese: Łhíj

Western Han Chinese: Łhjǝ́j

Eastern Han Chinese: lhjǝ́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhjíj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhjíj

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhjí

Middle Chinese: ḍí

English meaning : pheasant

Russian meaning[s]: 1) фазан (Phasianus versicolor versicolor); 2) чжи (старая мера измерения площади городских стен, равная 3 чжан длины на 1 чжан высоты)

Radical: 172

Four-angle index: 883

Karlgren code: 0560 e-h

Vietnamese reading: trĩ

Bijiang Bai: -ǯi1

Shijing occurrences: 33.1, 33.2, 34.2

Character: 雊

Modern (Beijing) reading: gòu

Preclassic Old Chinese: kōs

Classic Old Chinese: kōh

Western Han Chinese: kwāh

Eastern Han Chinese: kwāh

Early Postclassic Chinese: kṑw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: kʌ̀w

English meaning : the crowing of the pheasant

Russian meaning[s]: звукоподражание крику фазана

Radical: 172

Four-angle index: 879

Karlgren code: 0108 i

Character: 雷

Modern (Beijing) reading: léi

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhūj

Classic Old Chinese: rhwǝ̄j

Western Han Chinese: rhwǝ̄j

Eastern Han Chinese: rhwǝ̄j

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhwǝ̄j

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhwǝ̄j

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhwǝ̄j

Middle Chinese: loj

English meaning : thunder

Russian meaning[s]: 1) гром; гроза; громовой; 2) мина; торпеда; фугас; 3) с шумом бить (ударять); 4) жужжание (насекомых); 5) Лэй (фамилия)

Comments: For *rh- cf. Jianou so2, Jianyang sui2.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 173

Four-angle index: 1752

Karlgren code: 0577 n-o

Dali Bai: lui7

Shijing occurrences: 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 30.4

Character: 電

Modern (Beijing) reading: diàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: l(h)īns

Classic Old Chinese: l(h)īnh

Western Han Chinese: l(h)jǝ̄nh

Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)iǝ̄nh

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iḕn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iḕn

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iḕn

Middle Chinese: dièn

English meaning : lightning

Russian meaning[s]: 1) молния; молниеносный, срочный; 2) электричество; электрический; гальванический; 3) телеграф; по телеграфу; телеграмма; телеграфный; телеграфировать; 4) офиц. на Ваше усмотрение; удостоить вниманием, потрудиться рассмотреть

Comments: A later meaning is 'electricity', whence probably Viet. d_èn 'lamp, light' (cf. perhaps also Viet. nến 'candle'? The regular Sino-Viet. reading of 電 is d_iện).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 173

Four-angle index: 7276

Karlgren code: 0385 m-n

Vietnamese reading: d_èn

Character: 雹

Modern (Beijing) reading: báo

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhrūk

Classic Old Chinese: bhrūk

Western Han Chinese: bhrǝ̄uk

Eastern Han Chinese: bhrǝ̄uk

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̣̄uk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhọ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhọ̄k

Middle Chinese: bạuk

English meaning : hail [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: град

Comments: For *bh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen phauʔ⁸, Chaozhou phak⁸, Fuzhou phök⁸, Jianou phau⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 173

Four-angle index: 7117

Karlgren code: 1113 n

Character: 零

Modern (Beijing) reading: líng

Preclassic Old Chinese: rīŋ

Classic Old Chinese: rīŋ

Western Han Chinese: rīŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: rīŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: līŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: līŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: līŋ

Middle Chinese: lieŋ

English meaning : to fall, to rain

Russian meaning[s]: 1) капли дождя; мелочь; мелочной; мелкий; 2) разрозненный, раздробленный, одиночный; 3) нуль (ставится в многозначных числах, начиная с трехзначных, взамен отсутствующих разрядов); нулевой; 4) вдребезги; 5) по частям; в розницу; 6) осыпаться, увядать, опадать

Comments: A later meaning (attested since Song) is 'zero'. For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen, Fuzhou liŋ2, Chaozhou leŋ2, Jianou laiŋ2.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 173

Four-angle index: 2076

Karlgren code: 0823 u

Jianchuan Bai: jĩ4

Dali Bai: ńɨ2

Bijiang Bai: ńi4

Shijing occurrences: 50.3_