Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 鯖

Modern (Beijing) reading: qing

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 鯛

Modern (Beijing) reading: niao

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 鶉

Modern (Beijing) reading: chún

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)un

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)wǝn

Western Han Chinese: d(h)wǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́(h)wǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)win

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)win

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́(h)win

Middle Chinese: ʒ́win

English meaning : quail

Russian meaning[s]: 1) перепел (Coturnix japonica); 2) пестрый

Comments: Xiesheng would point to *-r, but the only rhyme available in Shijing is in *-n. The character is also used for OC *d(h)ōn (*d(h)ōr ?), MC dwân 'eagle'.

Radical: 196

Four-angle index: 4515

Karlgren code: 0464 j-k

Shijing occurrences: 49.1, 49.2

Character: 鵡

Modern (Beijing) reading: wǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)aʔ

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)á

Western Han Chinese: m(h)á

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)wá

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wó

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wó

Middle Chinese: mǘ

English meaning : parrot

Russian meaning[s]: попугай; серый попугай, жако (Psittacus erithacus)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 196

Four-angle index: 4544

Karlgren code: 0104 f

Character: 鵲

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiǎo què

Preclassic Old Chinese: shiak

Classic Old Chinese: shiak

Western Han Chinese: shiak

Eastern Han Chinese: shiak

Early Postclassic Chinese: shjek

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shjek

Late Postclassic Chinese: shjek

Middle Chinese: chjak

English meaning : magpie

Russian meaning[s]: сорока (предвестник счастья)

Comments: Cf. PA *sakosako 'magpie'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 196

Four-angle index: 4508

Karlgren code: 0798 n

Jianchuan Bai: -ćha6-

Dali Bai: -ca7

Bijiang Bai: -ća6-

Shijing occurrences: 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 49.1, 49.2

Character: 鵪

Modern (Beijing) reading: ān

Russian meaning[s]: трехперстка, перепелка (Turnix blakistoni)

Radical: 196

Four-angle index: 4546

Character: 鵬

Modern (Beijing) reading: péng

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Classic Old Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Western Han Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: bʌŋ

English meaning : a fabulous great bird [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) гриф (птица); 2) перен. огромный; могучий

Comments: For *bh cf. Xiamen phiŋ².

Radical: 196

Four-angle index: 4521

Karlgren code: 0886 j

Character: 麒

Modern (Beijing) reading: qí

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Western Han Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ɨ

Russian meaning[s]: миф. единорог (самец)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 198

Four-angle index: 7872

Karlgren code: 0952 |b ́

Character: 麗

Modern (Beijing) reading: lì

Preclassic Old Chinese: rēs

Classic Old Chinese: rēh

Western Han Chinese: rēh

Eastern Han Chinese: riēh

Early Postclassic Chinese: liḕj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: liḕj

Late Postclassic Chinese: liḕj

Middle Chinese: lìej

English meaning : be beautiful; to attach, assign

Russian meaning[s]: 1) красивый, прекрасный, изящный; роскошный, цветущий; 2) опираться (полагаться) на...; быть связанным с..., зависеть от..., иметь отношение к...; 3) парный, четный; параллельный; 4) большое количество, множество; 5) Ли (фамилия); [lí] сокр. Корея

Comments: For *r cf. Xiamen le⁶, Chaozhou li⁴, Fuzhou la⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 198

Four-angle index: 6941

Karlgren code: 0878 a-b

Character: 麓

Modern (Beijing) reading: lù

English meaning : foothill forest

Russian meaning[s]: склон горы

Radical: 198

Four-angle index: 6953

Karlgren code: 1209 h

Character: 麴

Modern (Beijing) reading: qu

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 1017 i

Character: 勸

Modern (Beijing) reading: quàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷars

Classic Old Chinese: khwanh

Western Han Chinese: khwanh

Eastern Han Chinese: khwanh

Early Postclassic Chinese: khwàn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: khwǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: khwǝ̀n

English meaning : to exhort, encourage, motivate

Russian meaning[s]: 1) убеждать, уговаривать; советовать; воодушевлять; 2) побуждать, стимулировать; 3) покровительствовать

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is khuyến.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 19

Four-angle index: 4686

Karlgren code: 0158 s

Vietnamese reading: khuyên

Character: 嚨

Modern (Beijing) reading: lóng

Russian meaning[s]: горло, гортань

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 7158

Character: 嚷

Modern (Beijing) reading: rǎng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шуметь, кричать; галдеж, гомон; 2) браниться, ругаться, ссориться; перебранка

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 5706

Character: 嚶

Modern (Beijing) reading: yīng

English meaning : make sound of birds

Russian meaning[s]: щебетание, чирикание; пение птиц

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 8858

Karlgren code: 0814 f

Character: 嚴

Modern (Beijing) reading: yán

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋam

Classic Old Chinese: ŋam

Western Han Chinese: ŋam

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋam

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋam

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋǝm

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋǝm

Middle Chinese: ŋǝm

English meaning : be strict, majestic; reverent

Russian meaning[s]: 1) строгий; суровый; непреклонный; жестокий; мрачный; 2) величественный; неприступный; высокий; крепкий; важный; степенный; торжественный; с чувством собственного достоинства; чопорный; 3) плотный, сжатый; тесный, узкий; 4) обр. отец; 5) Янь (фамилия)

Comments: For *ŋ cf. Xiamen ŋiam², Chaozhou ŋiǝm², Fuzhou ŋieŋ², Jianou ŋiŋ⁹.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 6180

Karlgren code: 0607 h-j

Vietnamese reading: nghiêm

Character: 嚼

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiáo

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́hekʷ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒheuk

Western Han Chinese: ʒhjauk

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhjauk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjauk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjak

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjak

Middle Chinese: ʒjak

English meaning : to grind with teeth, bite [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) жевать; кусать; 2) поглощать; размывать; 3) смаковать; пробовать

Comments: Aspirated *ʒ́h can be reconstructed because the word is quite probably related to *ʒ́hekʷ-s 'chew' q.v.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 3138

Jianchuan Bai: co2

Dali Bai: co2

Bijiang Bai: -ʒã2

Character: 壤

Modern (Beijing) reading: rǎng

Preclassic Old Chinese: naŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: náŋ

Western Han Chinese: náŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ńáŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ńáŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńáŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ńáŋ

Middle Chinese: ńáŋ

English meaning : be mouldy, rich (of soil); soil

Russian meaning[s]: 1) разрыхленная земля; тучная почва, пашня; 2) плодородный, тучный, урожайный, см. 穰; 3) земля (в противопоставлении небу); территория; 4) приводить в беспорядок (в смятение), см. 攘; 5) Жан (фамилия)

Comments: For *n cf. Xiamen ʒiɔŋ³, Chaozhou ziaŋ³, Fuzhou ioŋ³.

Radical: 32

Four-angle index: 5703

Karlgren code: 0730 d

Character: 孀

Modern (Beijing) reading: shuāng

Russian meaning[s]: вдова; вдовствовать

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 1675

Karlgren code: 0731 h

Character: 孽

Modern (Beijing) reading: niè

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rat

Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rat

Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)rat

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)rat

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)et

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)et

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)et

Middle Chinese: ŋet

English meaning : shoots from a tree-stump; a tall hairdo; retribution, punishment

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сын наложницы; 2) порок; зло; грех; 3) возмездие; будд. карма

Comments: The original meaning is 'concubine's son', attested only since LZ.

Radical: 39

Four-angle index: 3072

Karlgren code: 0289 g

Shijing occurrences: 57.4_