Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 燧

Modern (Beijing) reading: suì

Russian meaning[s]: 1) древн. орудия для добычи огня; 2) древн. сигнальный костер; 3) факел

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 6586

Karlgren code: 0526 i

Character: 營

Modern (Beijing) reading: yíng

Preclassic Old Chinese: weŋ

Classic Old Chinese: weŋ

Western Han Chinese: weŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: weŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: weŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: weŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: weŋ

Middle Chinese: jweŋ

English meaning : to lay out, plan, build

Russian meaning[s]: 1) военный лагерь; казармы; форт; казарменный, военный; 2) батальон; дивизион; 3) строить; заниматься; предпринимать; предприятие; 4) заведовать, распоряжаться; вести предприятие; 5) замышлять; добиваться

Comments: Also used for a homonymous onomatopoeic *weŋ 'be buzzing about'. The Viet. loanword (having a later derived meaning 'palace; military camp') is colloquial; regular Sino-Viet. is doanh.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 1451

Karlgren code: 0843 f

Vietnamese reading: dinh

Character: 燮

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiè

English meaning : to march; be harmonious, concordant

Russian meaning[s]: 燮理 приводить в согласие; гармония, согласие

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 6107

Character: 燦

Modern (Beijing) reading: càn

Russian meaning[s]: яркий; искрящийся; блестеть, сиять

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 5321

Character: 燥

Modern (Beijing) reading: zào

Russian meaning[s]: сухой, высушенный; сушить на огне

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 5192

Karlgren code: 1134 d

Character: 燭

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhú

Preclassic Old Chinese: tok

Classic Old Chinese: tok

Western Han Chinese: tok

Eastern Han Chinese: ćok

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćok

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćok

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćok

Middle Chinese: ćöuk

English meaning : torch, candle; shine [L. Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: свеча, светильник; пламя светильника; светить; освещать; ясный

Comments: An archaic Viet. loan from the same source is d_uốc 'torch'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 4368

Karlgren code: 1224 e

Vietnamese reading: chúc

Character: 燬

Modern (Beijing) reading: huǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: hʷejʔ

Classic Old Chinese: hwé

Western Han Chinese: hwé

Eastern Han Chinese: hjwé

Early Postclassic Chinese: hjwé

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hjwé

Late Postclassic Chinese: hjwé

Middle Chinese: xwé

English meaning : blazing fire

Russian meaning[s]: сжигать; пожар

Shuowen gloss: 火也.從火.毀聲.春秋傳曰.衛侯燬. [480]

Comments: In Shi 10,3 Schüssler considers the character to be a loan for 毀 *xʷejʔ 'dismantle, destroy', which is dubious.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 6113

Karlgren code: 0356 b

Shijing occurrences: 10.3_

Character: 燴

Modern (Beijing) reading: huì

Russian meaning[s]: 1) овощная солянка, рагу; 2) тушить

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 1520

Character: 燠

Modern (Beijing) reading: yù

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔuk

Classic Old Chinese: ʔuk

Western Han Chinese: ʔǝuk

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝuk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔɨuk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔuk

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔuk

Middle Chinese: ʔük

English meaning : be warm

Russian meaning[s]: теплый

Comments: The series contains basically words in *-ikʷ, but *ʔuk 'warm' explicitly rhymes in *-uk in Shi (see RDFS 556).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 4911

Karlgren code: 1045 d

Go-on: wiku

Kan-on: wiku

Character: 爵

Modern (Beijing) reading: jué

Preclassic Old Chinese: ćekʷ

Classic Old Chinese: ceuk

Western Han Chinese: cjauk

Eastern Han Chinese: cjauk

Early Postclassic Chinese: cjauk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjak

Late Postclassic Chinese: cjak

Middle Chinese: cjak

English meaning : status, dignity, rank

Russian meaning[s]: 1) титул, ранг; 2) кубок; [qué] пташка, вм. 雀

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *ćekʷ 'a k. of vessel, wine cup' (cf. 釂 *ćekʷs 'to empty a cup').

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 87

Four-angle index: 3137

Karlgren code: 1121 a-d

Vietnamese reading: tu'ó'c

Shijing occurrences: 38.3_

Character: 牆

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiáng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́haŋ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒhaŋ

Western Han Chinese: ʒhaŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhjaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjaŋ

Middle Chinese: ʒjaŋ

English meaning : wall

Russian meaning[s]: стена; стенка; ограда; забор

Comments: For *ʒ́h cf. Xiamen chĩũ², Chaozhou chĩẽ², Fuzhou chioŋ². Cf. Khmer ʒǝńʒaŋ 'wall' ( < Chin. or vice versa?)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 90

Four-angle index: 1827

Karlgren code: 0727 j-m

Vietnamese reading: tu'ò'ng

Shijing occurrences: 46.1, 46.2, 46.3

Character: 獰

Modern (Beijing) reading: níng

Russian meaning[s]: свирепый; оскаленный

Radical: 94

Four-angle index: 2942

Character: 獲

Modern (Beijing) reading: huò

Preclassic Old Chinese: whrāk

Classic Old Chinese: whrāk

Western Han Chinese: whrāk

Eastern Han Chinese: whrāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: ɣwạik

English meaning : to catch, take; hit, succeed

Russian meaning[s]: 1) поймать, схватить; получить, приобрести, добыть; добыча, трофей; 2) вышло, получилось; удалось; 3) древн. рабыня

Comments: The word clearly rhymes in *-āk and xie-sheng is unmistakable, thus MC -ạik is irregular (*ɣwạ̈ik would be a normal reflex). OC *wh- is indicated by the aspirated reflex in Fuzhou khek⁸.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 94

Four-angle index: 6006

Karlgren code: 0784 d, a-c

Shijing occurrences: 27.4

Character: 璩

Modern (Beijing) reading: qu

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 環

Modern (Beijing) reading: huán

Preclassic Old Chinese: whrēn

Classic Old Chinese: whrēn

Western Han Chinese: whrjān

Eastern Han Chinese: whriān

Early Postclassic Chinese: whiẹ̄n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: whiẹ̄n

Late Postclassic Chinese: whiẹ̄n

Middle Chinese: ɣwạn

English meaning : ring

Russian meaning[s]: 1) кольцо; браслет; круг; петля; ушко; серьги; кольцевой, кольцеобразный; 2) окружать; вращаться, кружиться; повсюду; со всех сторон; вокруг; 3) Хуань (фамилия)

Comments: See 還 *whrēn. For *wh- cf. Xiamen khuan², Fuzhou khuaŋ².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 96

Four-angle index: 5729

Karlgren code: 0256 n-p

Character: 璦

Modern (Beijing) reading: ài

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔǝ̄js

Classic Old Chinese: ʔǝ̄jh

Western Han Chinese: ʔǝ̄jh

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝ̄ś

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: ʔʌ̀j

English meaning : beautiful jade [Tang]

Comments: Probably a specialization of 愛 q.v.

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Go-on: o, ai

Kan-on: ai

Japanese reading: o;ai

Character: 璨

Modern (Beijing) reading: can

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 癆

Modern (Beijing) reading: láo

Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)āws

Classic Old Chinese: r(h)āwh

Western Han Chinese: r(h)āwh

Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)āwh

Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā̀w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā̀w

Middle Chinese: lầw

English meaning : tuberculosis [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) туберкулез, чахотка; чахоточный; 2) изнуренный, истощенный, переутомленный

Comments: Mand. and Viet. point to a variant MC *lâw.

Radical: 104

Four-angle index: 4745

Vietnamese reading: lao

Character: 療

Modern (Beijing) reading: liáo liào

Preclassic Old Chinese: raw

Classic Old Chinese: raw

Western Han Chinese: raw

Eastern Han Chinese: raw

Early Postclassic Chinese: lew

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lew

Late Postclassic Chinese: lew

Middle Chinese: lew

English meaning : to cure

Russian meaning[s]: лечить, врачевать

Comments: Also read *raw-s, MC lèw, Pek. liào id.; sometimes written as 樂. For *r cf. Xiamen liau⁶, Chaozhou liǝu², Fuzhou lieu⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 104

Four-angle index: 8243

Karlgren code: 1151 f

Character: 癌

Modern (Beijing) reading: yán ái

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄m

Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄m

Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄m

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)rǝ̄m

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)ǝ̣̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)iǝ̣̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)iǝ̣̄m

Middle Chinese: ŋạ̈m

English meaning : cancer

Russian meaning[s]: раковая опухоль, рак

Comments: Attested only after Tang; the reading yán is now considered archaic, the origin of ái being unclear.

Radical: 104

Four-angle index: 984