Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 膚

Modern (Beijing) reading: fū

Preclassic Old Chinese: pra

Classic Old Chinese: pra

Western Han Chinese: pra

Eastern Han Chinese: pra

Early Postclassic Chinese: po

Middle Postclassic Chinese: po

Late Postclassic Chinese: po

Middle Chinese: pü

English meaning : human skin

Russian meaning[s]: 1) кожа, покров тела; 2) мелкий; поверхностный; неглубокий; 3) крупный, большой

Comments: Used also for a homonymous *pra 'fine, beautiful, admirable'; during Late Zhou also for *pra 'pork; cut meat'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 130

Four-angle index: 3543

Karlgren code: 0069 g-i

Shijing occurrences: 57.2

Character: 膘

Modern (Beijing) reading: biāo

Russian meaning[s]: потолстеть; жирный (о животных)

Radical: 130

Four-angle index: 8175

Character: 蔗

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhè

Preclassic Old Chinese: tiaks

Classic Old Chinese: tiah

Western Han Chinese: tiah

Eastern Han Chinese: ćäh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćà

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćà

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćà

Middle Chinese: ćà

English meaning : sugar cane [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сахарный тростник; 2) сладкий, приятный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8571

Jianchuan Bai: -ci4

Dali Bai: -ci5

Bijiang Bai: -ćhi1

Character: 蔽

Modern (Beijing) reading: bì

Preclassic Old Chinese: pets

Classic Old Chinese: peć

Western Han Chinese: pjaś

Eastern Han Chinese: pjaś

Early Postclassic Chinese: pjeś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjèj

Late Postclassic Chinese: pjèj

Middle Chinese: pjèj

English meaning : verdict, decision

Russian meaning[s]: 1) покрыть, закрыть; обнять, охватить; прикрыть; защищать; 2) покрыть (преступление); 3) затмить; одурманить; приукрасить; обмануть; утаить; спрятать, скрыть; 4) мелкий, маленький

Comments: Also used in the combination 蔽芾 *pets-pǝts 'be covering, umbrageous, luxuriant'. This must be the original meaning ('verdict' < 'covering'), but it is attested as such only relatively late (since Late Zhou, notably in Chu-ci).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6211

Karlgren code: 0341 h

Shijing occurrences: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

Character: 蔚

Modern (Beijing) reading: wèi

English meaning : mugwort (Artemisia absinthum); screening

Russian meaning[s]: 1) бот. полынь японская; 2) роскошный; густой; 3) густой, темный (о цвете); [yù] Юй (фамилия)

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 3152

Karlgren code: 0525 f

Character: 蓮

Modern (Beijing) reading: lián

Preclassic Old Chinese: rēn

Classic Old Chinese: rēn

Western Han Chinese: rjān

Eastern Han Chinese: riān

Early Postclassic Chinese: liēn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: liēn

Late Postclassic Chinese: liēn

Middle Chinese: lien

English meaning : lotus

Russian meaning[s]: лотос, ненюфар; зерна лотоса

Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is liên. For *r- cf. Xiamen lian², Chaozhou noi², Fuzhou lieŋ².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6517

Karlgren code: 0213 d

Vietnamese reading: sen

Character: 蔬

Modern (Beijing) reading: shū

Preclassic Old Chinese: sra

Classic Old Chinese: sra

Western Han Chinese: ṣa

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣa

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣo

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣo

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣo

Middle Chinese: ṣö

English meaning : vegetable, grain [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: овощи

Comments: = 疏 q.v.

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 7607

Karlgren code: 0090 d

Character: 蔭

Modern (Beijing) reading: yìn

Russian meaning[s]: 1) тень от деревьев, тень; тенистый; 2) укрывать; служить прикрытием; протекция

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8671

Karlgren code: 0651 |b ́-c ́

Character: 蔓

Modern (Beijing) reading: màn

Preclassic Old Chinese: mans

Classic Old Chinese: manh

Western Han Chinese: manh

Eastern Han Chinese: manh

Early Postclassic Chinese: màn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: mwǝ̀n

English meaning : creeping plants, to creep

Russian meaning[s]: 1) плети (растения); ползучий; ползти; 2) расползаться; распространяться

Comments: Modern màn is analogous (cf. 幔, 慢etc.). For *m cf. Xiamen man⁶, Chaozhou bueŋ⁴, Fuzhou maŋ⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6035

Karlgren code: 0266 d

Character: 蔑

Modern (Beijing) reading: miè

Preclassic Old Chinese: mēt

Classic Old Chinese: mēt

Western Han Chinese: mjāt

Eastern Han Chinese: miāt

Early Postclassic Chinese: miēt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: miēt

Late Postclassic Chinese: miēt

Middle Chinese: miet

English meaning : to destroy; have no; also fa 2 "to show recognition, to honor"

Russian meaning[s]: 1) не иметь, быть без...; 2) ничтожный; считать мелким, пренебрегать, презирать; отбрасывать; 3) обманывать

Comments: Related to 滅 *met q.v.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6872

Karlgren code: 0311 a-e

Character: 蔣

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiāng

Russian meaning[s]: бот. плевел (Zizania latifolia); [jiǎng] Цзян (фамилия)

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 3205

Karlgren code: 0727 x

Character: 蔡

Modern (Beijing) reading: cài

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćhāts

Classic Old Chinese: chāć

Western Han Chinese: chāś

Eastern Han Chinese: chāś

Early Postclassic Chinese: chāś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: chā̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: chā̀j

Middle Chinese: chầj

English meaning : steppe (?)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) большая черепаха; 2) Цай (название древнего княжества); 3) Цай (фамилия); [sà] сослать; ссылка

Comments: During LZ attested as name of a state (*ćhāts), as a loan for the homonymous *ćhāts 'large tortoise', and as a loan for � *srāt-s 'reduce'. In fact, the name of the state could have been originally *shāt-s, since it was originally (in EZ bronze inscriptions) written as the left part of �; the usage of 蔡 for this purpose became possible after the merger of *ćh- and *sh-.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8212

Karlgren code: 0337 i

Character: 蔔

Modern (Beijing) reading: bó

Russian meaning[s]: 蘿蔔 редька; [fú] корнеплоды

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 4343

Character: 蓬

Modern (Beijing) reading: péng

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhōŋ

Classic Old Chinese: bhōŋ

Western Han Chinese: bhōŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: bhōŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhōŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhōŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhwōŋ

Middle Chinese: buŋ

English meaning : a k. of tumble weed

Russian meaning[s]: бот. полынь индийская (Artemisia indica); перен. а) растрепанный, всклокоченный; путаница; б) бедный (о жилище)

Comments: For *bh- cf. Xiamen phaŋ², Chaozhou phoŋ², Fuzhou phuŋ². Also used for a homonymous *bhōŋ 'be luxuriant' (perhaps related to 豐 *phuŋ id.)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 6510

Karlgren code: 1197 y

Shijing occurrences: 25.2_

Character: 蔥

Modern (Beijing) reading: cōng

Preclassic Old Chinese: shōŋ

Classic Old Chinese: shōŋ

Western Han Chinese: shōŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: shōŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: shōŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shōŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: shwōŋ

Middle Chinese: chuŋ

English meaning : Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); of onion color, onion-green

Russian meaning[s]: 1) лук; луковичные огородные растения; 2) зеленый

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8450

Karlgren code: 1199 g-h

Go-on: su

Kan-on: sou

Japanese reading: sō;negi;aoi

Jianchuan Bai: chü̃4

Dali Bai: chi4

Bijiang Bai: cho4

Character: 蓿

Modern (Beijing) reading: sù

Russian meaning[s]: 苜蓿 бот. люцерна мелкозубчатая (Medicago denticulata)

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 1662

Character: 螂

Modern (Beijing) reading: láng

Russian meaning[s]: см. 蜋

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 2206

Character: 蝴

Modern (Beijing) reading: hú

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ā

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ā

Western Han Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣo

English meaning : butterfly [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 蝴蝶 бабочка; мотылек

Comments: Written as 胡 in L.Zhou (the 'insect' radical having been added later); used only within the compound 蝴蝶 *g(h)ā-l(h)ēp.

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 3474

Jianchuan Bai: ko4-

Dali Bai: ko4-

Bijiang Bai: qe6-

Character: 蝶

Modern (Beijing) reading: dié

Preclassic Old Chinese: l(h)ēp

Classic Old Chinese: l(h)ēp

Western Han Chinese: l(h)jāp

Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)iāp

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēp

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēp

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēp

Middle Chinese: diep

English meaning : butterfly [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: бабочка, мотылек

Comments: Used basically in the compound 蝴蝶 *g(h)ā-l(h)ēp, as well as in a number of other compounds.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 5171

Karlgren code: 0633 h

Jianchuan Bai: -li6

Dali Bai: -le6

Bijiang Bai: -le6-

Character: 蝠

Modern (Beijing) reading: fú

Preclassic Old Chinese: pǝk

Classic Old Chinese: pǝk

Western Han Chinese: pǝk

Eastern Han Chinese: pwǝk

Early Postclassic Chinese: pwɨk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: puk

Late Postclassic Chinese: puk

Middle Chinese: pük

English meaning : bat [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 蝙蝠 летучая мышь

Comments: Used only within the binome 蝙蝠 *pēn-pǝk.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 1732

Jianchuan Bai: -po6-