Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 孺

Modern (Beijing) reading: rú

Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)os

Classic Old Chinese: n(h)oh

Western Han Chinese: n(h)wah

Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)wah

Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wò

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wò

Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wò

Middle Chinese: ńǜ

English meaning : child; be weak, mild

Russian meaning[s]: 1) младенец, дитя; 2) зависимый, находящийся на попечении; 3) любить; радоваться

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 39

Four-angle index: 3687

Karlgren code: 0134 d

Character: 尷

Modern (Beijing) reading: gān

Russian meaning[s]: 尷尬 1) ковылять; 2) не подступиться (к трудному делу)*

Radical: 43

Four-angle index: 9999

Character: 屨

Modern (Beijing) reading: jù

Preclassic Old Chinese: kros

Classic Old Chinese: kroh

Western Han Chinese: krwah

Eastern Han Chinese: krwah

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwò

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwò

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwò

Middle Chinese: kǜ

English meaning : sandal

Russian meaning[s]: 1) холщевая обувь; 2) осуществить, реализовать

Comments: Cf. 鞻 *rō, *ro-s, *kro-s.

Radical: 44

Four-angle index: 8812

Karlgren code: 0123 q

Character: 嶼

Modern (Beijing) reading: yǔ

Russian meaning[s]: островок, остров

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 7882

Character: 嶺

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǐng

Preclassic Old Chinese: rheŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: rhéŋ

Western Han Chinese: rhéŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: rhéŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhéŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhéŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhéŋ

Middle Chinese: léŋ

English meaning : mountain ridge [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: горный хребет, кряж; цепь гор; перевал

Comments: For *rh cf. Xiamen liŋ⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 8084

Character: 嶽

Modern (Beijing) reading: yuè

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋrōk

Classic Old Chinese: ŋrōk

Western Han Chinese: ŋrōk

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋrōk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋọ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋọ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋọ̄k

Middle Chinese: ŋạuk

English meaning : peak, mountain; spirit of the mountain

Russian meaning[s]: 1) главный пик, основная вершина; 2) тесть, родители жены

Comments: = 岳. For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen gak⁸, Chaozhou ŋak⁸, Fuzhou ŋok⁸, Jianou ŋa⁸.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 4951

Karlgren code: 1215 c

Character: 嶸

Modern (Beijing) reading: róng

Russian meaning[s]: высокий, величественный, вздымающийся

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 5211

Karlgren code: 0843 m

Character: 幫

Modern (Beijing) reading: bāng

Preclassic Old Chinese: pāŋ

Classic Old Chinese: pāŋ

Western Han Chinese: pāŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: pāŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: pāŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pāŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: pāŋ

Middle Chinese: pwâŋ

English meaning : to help; border, rim (orig. of shoes); group (of people)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) помогать (чем-л. кому-л.); поддерживать; помощник; 2) группа; артель; братство; землячество; ассоциация; 3) счетное слово для групп, караванов, флотилий; 4) очередь; раз; 5) край, рант, кант

Comments: A late character (attested only since Tang in all meanings).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 50

Four-angle index: 3885

Character: 彌

Modern (Beijing) reading: mí

Preclassic Old Chinese: mej

Classic Old Chinese: me

Western Han Chinese: me

Eastern Han Chinese: mje

Early Postclassic Chinese: mje

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mje

Late Postclassic Chinese: mje

Middle Chinese: mje

English meaning : complete, fulfill; extensively, long

Russian meaning[s]: 1) прекратить(ся); перестать; закрыть(ся); стар. спустить лук; 2) преисполниться; полный; 3) увеличить; еще более; 4) дальний, далекий

Comments: Also read *m(h)ejʔ (MC mjé, Pek. mǐ) 'to finish'. For *m- cf. Xiamen mi², Fuzhou mi², Jianou mi⁹.

Radical: 57

Four-angle index: 3944

Karlgren code: 0359 m-n

Character: 徽

Modern (Beijing) reading: huī

Preclassic Old Chinese: smǝj

Classic Old Chinese: m̥ǝj

Western Han Chinese: m̥ǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: m̥wǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj

Middle Chinese: xwɨj

English meaning : be fine, good; to signalize, display; a rope made of two strands

Russian meaning[s]: 1) отличительный знак; нашивки, знаки различия; отличать, отмечать; эмблема, герб; 2) великолепный, нарядный; прекрасный; 3) лады (на грифе музыкального инструмента); 4) сокр. г. Хуйчжоу; 5) сокр. провинция Аньхуй

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 6253

Karlgren code: 0584 h

Character: 應

Modern (Beijing) reading: yīng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔǝŋ

Classic Old Chinese: ʔǝŋ

Western Han Chinese: ʔǝŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔɨŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔɨŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔɨŋ

Middle Chinese: ʔiŋ

English meaning : to face, respond; receive

Russian meaning[s]: 1) следует, должно, необходимо; 2) должно быть; вероятно; кажется, не иначе как...; [yìng] 1) отвечать, в ответ; вслед за...; 2) соответствовать; приводить в соответствие; соответствующий; 3) Ин (фамилия)

Comments: Also read *ʔǝŋ-s, MC ʔìŋ, Viet. ú'ng id.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8363

Karlgren code: 0890 d

Vietnamese reading: u'ng

Character: 懂

Modern (Beijing) reading: dǒng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) понять, уразуметь; 2) быть в смятении (в беспокойстве)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 466

Character: 懇

Modern (Beijing) reading: kěn

Preclassic Old Chinese: khǝ̄nʔ

Classic Old Chinese: khǝ̄́n

Western Han Chinese: khǝ̄́n

Eastern Han Chinese: khǝ̄́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̄́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̄́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̄́n

Middle Chinese: khʌ́n

English meaning : to ask, beg, pray [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) просить; умолять; 2) искренне, сердечно

Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is khâ`n.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8468

Vietnamese reading: khấn

Character: 懦

Modern (Beijing) reading: nuò

Preclassic Old Chinese: nōrs

Classic Old Chinese: nwānh

Western Han Chinese: nwānh

Eastern Han Chinese: nwānh

Early Postclassic Chinese: nwā̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: nwā̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: nwā̀n

Middle Chinese: nwầ

English meaning : weak [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: слабый; робкий, боязливый

Comments: See [人耎]/

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 3684

Character: 懋

Modern (Beijing) reading: mào

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ōs (~ -ʔs)

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ōh

Western Han Chinese: m(h)wāh

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)wāh

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ṑw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: mʌ̀w

English meaning : to make efforts, be energetic, strive

Russian meaning[s]: 1) стимулировать, поощрять; 2) торжественный; пышный; 3) выдающийся

Comments: Cf. 務 *mhoʔs.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8460

Karlgren code: 1109 f-g

Character: 戲

Modern (Beijing) reading: xì

Preclassic Old Chinese: hajs

Classic Old Chinese: hajh

Western Han Chinese: hajh

Eastern Han Chinese: heh

Early Postclassic Chinese: hè

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hè

Late Postclassic Chinese: hè

Middle Chinese: xè

English meaning : to joke, play

Russian meaning[s]: 1) игра, забава, шутка, развлечение; шутить, разыграть (кого-л.); насмехаться; забавляться; шутя; 2) театр; спектакль, представление; пьеса; играть (на сцене); 3) Си (фамилия); [hū] вм. 呼

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 62

Four-angle index: 6741

Karlgren code: 0022 b

Shijing occurrences: 55.3

Character: 戴

Modern (Beijing) reading: dài

Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝ̄s (~ -ks)

Classic Old Chinese: tǝ̄h

Western Han Chinese: tǝ̄h

Eastern Han Chinese: tǝ̄h

Early Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄̀

Middle Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄̀

Late Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: tʌ̀j

English meaning : to carry on one's head; to present (humbly); to wear (Schü.)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) нести на голове (напр. кувшин); носить (шляпу); надеть (головной убор); 2) почитать как старшего; поддерживать как лидера; 3) Дай (фамилия)

Comments: Not in Schüssler's dictionary (although attested already in Shujing). Viet. d_ội is colloquial (and may in fact be just a coincidence - going back to PAA *du:l 'carry on one's head'); regular Sino-Viet. is d_ái.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 62

Four-angle index: 6827

Karlgren code: 0943 |e ́

Vietnamese reading: d_ội

Jianchuan Bai: tɨ̃2

Dali Bai: tɨ3

Bijiang Bai: tɨ2

Character: 擎

Modern (Beijing) reading: qíng

Preclassic Old Chinese: graŋ

Classic Old Chinese: graŋ

Western Han Chinese: graŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: greŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: geŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: geŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: geŋ

Middle Chinese: gäiŋ

English meaning : to lift [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: поднимать; подпирать

Comments: Chaozhou kheŋ², khĩã² must be secondary: Fuzhou kiŋ¹ points to an unattested variant *kraŋ.

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 3285

Karlgren code: 0813 k

Character: 擊

Modern (Beijing) reading: jí

Preclassic Old Chinese: kēk

Classic Old Chinese: kēk

Western Han Chinese: kēk

Eastern Han Chinese: kiēk

Early Postclassic Chinese: kiēk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiēk

Late Postclassic Chinese: kiēk

Middle Chinese: kiek

English meaning : to beat, strike; to attack

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ударить; удар; бить; атаковать; 2) стучать; отбивать; 3) упрямый; своевольный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 3284

Karlgren code: 0854 b

Vietnamese reading: kích

Shijing occurrences: 31.1

Character: 擘

Modern (Beijing) reading: bò

Russian meaning[s]: 1) разложить; делить; разрывать; 2) большой палец

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 3270

Karlgren code: 0853 p