Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 蘆

Modern (Beijing) reading: lú

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhā

Classic Old Chinese: rhā

Western Han Chinese: rhā

Eastern Han Chinese: rhā

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhō

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhō

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhō

Middle Chinese: lo

English meaning : reed, rush [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: тростник; камыш

Comments: For *rh- cf. Min forms: Jianou su², Jianyang so².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 659

Go-on: ru

Kan-on: ro

Japanese reading: ro;ru;ashi

Character: 蘋

Modern (Beijing) reading: pín

Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)in

Classic Old Chinese: b(h)in

Western Han Chinese: b(h)jǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)jǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jin

Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jin

Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jin

Middle Chinese: bjin

English meaning : name of a waterplant (Marsilea quadrifolia)

Russian meaning[s]: бот. ряска (Marsilia quadrifolia); [píng] яблоня (Pirus malus); яблоко

Comments: See under 菲.

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8102

Shijing occurrences: 15.1_

Character: 蘇

Modern (Beijing) reading: sū

Preclassic Old Chinese: sā

Classic Old Chinese: sā

Western Han Chinese: sā

Eastern Han Chinese: sā

Early Postclassic Chinese: sō

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sō

Late Postclassic Chinese: sō

Middle Chinese: so

English meaning : a k. of tree (in a compound)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сокр. СССР; советский; 2) сокр. пров. Цзянсу; г. Сучжоу; 3) бот. мелисса китайская (Perilla nankinensis); 4) оживать, возвращаться к жизни; пробуждаться от спячки; приходить в себя; 5) размякнуть, раскиснуть, см. 酥; 6) Су (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *sā 'to revive; tremble, fear' (in Chuci also 'take').

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 5412

Karlgren code: 0067 a-b

Character: 蘊

Modern (Beijing) reading: yùn

English meaning : warm; to block, accumulate

Russian meaning[s]: 1) накапливать, приумножать; 2) сокровенный; таинственный; глубокий

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 672

Karlgren code: 0426 i

Character: 蠔

Modern (Beijing) reading: haó

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghāw

Classic Old Chinese: ghāw

Western Han Chinese: ɣāw

Eastern Han Chinese: ɣāw

Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣāw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣāw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣāw

Middle Chinese: ɣâw

English meaning : oyster [Tang]

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is hào. Viet. has also ngao 'oyster' - which may be another loan from the same source (with a substitution of stop > nasal, attested also in several other cases). For *gh cf. Xiamen o².

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Vietnamese reading: hàu

Character: 蠕

Modern (Beijing) reading: ruǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)orʔ

Classic Old Chinese: n(h)ón

Western Han Chinese: n(h)ón

Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)ón

Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ón

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ón

Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ón

Middle Chinese: ńwén

English meaning : wriggle, move slightly [LZ]

Comments: A corruption of the character 蝡 (which is also attested with same reading).

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0238 d

Character: 襤

Modern (Beijing) reading: lán

Russian meaning[s]: рубище, лохмотья

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 630

Character: 覺

Modern (Beijing) reading: jué jiáo

Preclassic Old Chinese: krūk

Classic Old Chinese: krūk

Western Han Chinese: krǝ̄uk

Eastern Han Chinese: krǝ̄uk

Early Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̣̄uk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄k

Middle Chinese: kạuk

English meaning : to awake; to rouse smb. into understanding; be straight

Russian meaning[s]: 1) чувство, ощущение; чувствовать, ощущать, испытывать; сознавать; 2) понять, уяснить; 3) пробудиться; 4) обнаружить; 5) объявлять; [jiáo] 1) сознание; быть в сознании; 2) 3-е число (в телеграммах); [jiǎo] спать, почивать; сон

Comments: Also read *krūk-s, MC kạ̀w, Pek. jiào 'to awake'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 147

Four-angle index: 7450

Karlgren code: 1038 f

Character: 觸

Modern (Beijing) reading: chù

Preclassic Old Chinese: thok

Classic Old Chinese: thok

Western Han Chinese: thok

Eastern Han Chinese: ćhok

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhok

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhok

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhok

Middle Chinese: ćhöuk

English meaning : to butt

Russian meaning[s]: 1) задеть; коснуться, дотронуться; 2) толкнуть; ударить; бодать; 3) осязать, чувствовать; 4) бросаться (в глаза); 5) бить (в нос)

Comments: In Viet. cf. also xộc 'rush, dash'. Both xóc and xộc are expressive and thus not necessarily borrowed; standard Sino-Viet. is xúc.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 148

Four-angle index: 4366

Karlgren code: 1224 g

Vietnamese reading: xóc

Character: 議

Modern (Beijing) reading: yì

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋajs

Classic Old Chinese: ŋajh

Western Han Chinese: ŋajh

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋeh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋè

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋè

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋè

Middle Chinese: ŋè

English meaning : to plan, give thought to; criticise

Russian meaning[s]: 1) обсуждать, решать; предмет обсуждения, решение, постановление, резолюция; 2) судить, критиковать; 3) уславливаться, договариваться; соглашение, договор; 4) рассуждение; докладная записка

Comments: Schüssler considers the word to be = 義 ('make or think to be right'). The standard Sino-Viet. reading is nghị. For *ŋ- cf. Chaozhou ŋi⁴, Fuzhou ŋie⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 6777

Karlgren code: 0002 v

Vietnamese reading: nghĩa

Character: 譬

Modern (Beijing) reading: pī

English meaning : example; to compare

Russian meaning[s]: сравнивать, уподоблять; пример, сравнение, метафора; подобно, например

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 1148

Karlgren code: 0853 t

Character: 警

Modern (Beijing) reading: jǐng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) предостерегать, предупреждать; быть настороже; 2) тревога; опасность; тревожное положение; 3) защищать; охранять; 4) стража; полиция; полицейский; 5) пробуждать, вразумлять; 6) гибкий; тонкий; ловкий

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 1156

Karlgren code: 0813 j

Character: 譯

Modern (Beijing) reading: yì

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łiak

Classic Old Chinese: Łiak

Western Han Chinese: liak

Eastern Han Chinese: źiak

Early Postclassic Chinese: źjek

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jjek

Late Postclassic Chinese: jjek

Middle Chinese: jek

English meaning : to translate, explain [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: переводить; расшифровывать; объяснять, толковать

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 2440

Karlgren code: 0790 f

Vietnamese reading: dịch

Character: 譟

Modern (Beijing) reading: zào

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шум множества голосов; 2) клеветать

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 5189

Karlgren code: 1134 c

Character: 譫

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhān

Russian meaning[s]: бред; бредить; бормотать

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 1160

Character: 贏

Modern (Beijing) reading: yíng

Preclassic Old Chinese: leŋ (~ Ł-)

Classic Old Chinese: leŋ

Western Han Chinese: leŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: źeŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: źeŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jeŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: jeŋ

Middle Chinese: jeŋ

English meaning : surplus; receive (as guests)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) излишек, остаток; доход, прибыль; получать прибыль; 2) выиграть; выигрыш; 3) брать на себя, отвечать за...

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 154

Four-angle index: 7720

Karlgren code: 0816 f-g

Character: 贍

Modern (Beijing) reading: shàn

Russian meaning[s]: 1) снабжать, давать; содержать; помогать, поддерживать; 2) восполнять; полный; 3) обильный, богатый

Radical: 154

Four-angle index: 1169

Karlgren code: 0619 f

Character: 躉

Modern (Beijing) reading: dun

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 躁

Modern (Beijing) reading: zào

Russian meaning[s]: 1) беспокойство, волнение, тревога; неспокойный; тревожить, беспокоить; 2) поспешный; стремительный; торопиться

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 157

Four-angle index: 5187

Karlgren code: 1134 k

Character: 躅

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhú

Russian meaning[s]: 1) переступать с ноги на ногу, топтаться на месте; 2) след

Radical: 157

Four-angle index: 4362

Karlgren code: 1224 h