Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 龔

Modern (Beijing) reading: gōng

Preclassic Old Chinese: kroŋ

Classic Old Chinese: kroŋ

Western Han Chinese: kroŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: kroŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: koŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: koŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: koŋ

Middle Chinese: köuŋ

English meaning : sincerely respectful

Russian meaning[s]: 1) любить, уважать, вм. 恭; 2) Гун (фамилия)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 212

Four-angle index: 7866

Karlgren code: 1182 k

Character: 巖

Modern (Beijing) reading: yán

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋrām

Classic Old Chinese: ŋrām

Western Han Chinese: ŋrām

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋrām

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄m

Middle Chinese: ŋạm

English meaning : rocky, lofty, precipitous; be high

Russian meaning[s]: 1) утес, скала; обрыв; скалистый; 2) отвесный, неприступный, опасный; 3) уединенный

Comments: Also read *ŋ(r)ǝm, MC ŋim id. For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen giam², Chaozhou ŋan², Fuzhou ŋie², Jianou ŋaŋ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 6184

Karlgren code: 0607 l

Character: 戀

Modern (Beijing) reading: liàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ronʔs

Classic Old Chinese: rwanh

Western Han Chinese: rwanh

Eastern Han Chinese: rwanh

Early Postclassic Chinese: lwàn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: lwǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: lwèn

English meaning : to long for [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) страстно любить, привязаться; постоянно держать в мыслях; любовь, привязанность; 2) держаться, цепляться за (должность)

Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen luan⁶, Fuzhou luoŋ⁶, Jianou lüiŋ⁶. Probably derived from *ronʔ (178 k-l) q.v., hence *-nʔ-s.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8496

Karlgren code: 0178 m

Character: 攣

Modern (Beijing) reading: lüán

Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)on

Classic Old Chinese: r(h)wan

Western Han Chinese: r(h)wan

Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)wan

Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)wen

Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)wen

Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)wen

Middle Chinese: lwen

English meaning : connect, continue

Russian meaning[s]: крепко связать; привязаться; тяготеть друг к другу; [lüàn] судороги рук и ног; скорченный, согбенный

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 3288

Karlgren code: 0178 n

Character: 攫

Modern (Beijing) reading: jué

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷak

Classic Old Chinese: kwak

Western Han Chinese: kwak

Eastern Han Chinese: kwak

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwak

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwak

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwak

Middle Chinese: kwak

English meaning : seize

Russian meaning[s]: схватить когтями (о птице)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 6000

Karlgren code: 0778 b

Character: 攪

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǎo

English meaning : to disturb

Russian meaning[s]: 1) приводить в беспорядок (в движение); беспокоить, мутить; растревожить, потревожить; 2) взбалтывать (жидкость); размешивать (тесто); [gǎo] делать, действовать

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 7451

Karlgren code: 1038 i

Character: 曬

Modern (Beijing) reading: shài

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сушить на солнце; загорать; 2) фото печатать; 3) отложить, оставить без внимания

Radical: 72

Four-angle index: 6943

Character: 欐

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0878 e

Character: 瓚

Modern (Beijing) reading: zàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ānʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́n

Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́n

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́n

Middle Chinese: ʒấn

English meaning : an inferior kind of jade; jade libation ladle

Russian meaning[s]: ковш из нефрита; драгоценность

Radical: 96

Four-angle index: 8046

Karlgren code: 0153 d-e

Character: 竊

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiè

Preclassic Old Chinese: shēt

Classic Old Chinese: shēt

Western Han Chinese: shjāt

Eastern Han Chinese: shiāt

Early Postclassic Chinese: shiēt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shiēt

Late Postclassic Chinese: shiēt

Middle Chinese: chiet

English meaning : to steal

Russian meaning[s]: 1) воровать, красть; присваивать; 2) украдкой, втихомолку, про себя; 3) вежл. мой; по-моему; я

Comments: The phonetic is *set (MC sjet, Pek. xie) name of the ancestor of the Yin-Shang dynasty.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 116

Four-angle index: 3985

Karlgren code: 0309 a

Character: 籤

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiān

Preclassic Old Chinese: shem

Classic Old Chinese: shem

Western Han Chinese: shjam

Eastern Han Chinese: shjam

Early Postclassic Chinese: shjem

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shjem

Late Postclassic Chinese: shjem

Middle Chinese: chjem

English meaning : wooden stick, lot; toothpick [Chen]

Comments: Viet. tăm 'toothpick', as well as thăm 'vote, ballot' are colloquial loans; standard Sino-Viet. is thiêm / tiêm.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Vietnamese reading: tăm

Character: 籥

Modern (Beijing) reading: yuè

Preclassic Old Chinese: lekʷ

Classic Old Chinese: leuk

Western Han Chinese: ljauk

Eastern Han Chinese: źauk

Early Postclassic Chinese: źauk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jak

Late Postclassic Chinese: jak

Middle Chinese: jak

English meaning : bamboo tube; flute

Russian meaning[s]: короткая флейта

Radical: 118

Four-angle index: 3723

Karlgren code: 1119 c

Shijing occurrences: 38.3_

Character: 纓

Modern (Beijing) reading: yīng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) завязки на шапке; 2) повязка (лента) в прическе (замужней женщины); 3) бахрома; кайма; кисть; 4) обвязывать

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 8861

Karlgren code: 0814 e

Character: 纖

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiān

Preclassic Old Chinese: sam

Classic Old Chinese: sam

Western Han Chinese: sam

Eastern Han Chinese: sjam

Early Postclassic Chinese: sjem

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjem

Late Postclassic Chinese: sjem

Middle Chinese: sjem

English meaning : fine-textured silk; thin, slender

Russian meaning[s]: тонкий; маленький, хрупкий

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 6833

Karlgren code: 0620 e

Character: 纔

Modern (Beijing) reading: cái

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒhǝ̄ (~ ʒ́h-, ~ -ǝ̄j)

Classic Old Chinese: ʒhǝ̄

Western Han Chinese: ʒhǝ̄

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhǝ̄

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhǝ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhǝ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhǝ̄j

Middle Chinese: ʒʌj

English meaning : just now, recently [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) только что, только сейчас; 2) только, только-только; 3) перед сказуемым главного предложения только тогда

Comments: The reading *ʒhǝ̄(j) is rather recent and not quite clear; Shuowen glosses the character as ṣạm (OC *srām) 'blackish'.

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 7594

Character: 蘸

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhàn

Russian meaning[s]: окунуть; обмакнуть, намочить

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 8562

Character: 蘿

Modern (Beijing) reading: luó

Preclassic Old Chinese: rāj

Classic Old Chinese: rāj

Western Han Chinese: rāj

Eastern Han Chinese: rǟ

Early Postclassic Chinese: lā

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lā

Late Postclassic Chinese: lā

Middle Chinese: lâ

English meaning : Cuscuta; creeping plants

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ползучие растения; лианы; 2) редька; корнеплоды

Comments: For *r- cf. Fuzhou, Jianou lɔ².

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 905

Karlgren code: 0006 b

Character: 蠱

Modern (Beijing) reading: gǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: kāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kā́

Western Han Chinese: kā́

Eastern Han Chinese: kā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: kṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: kṓ

Middle Chinese: kó

English meaning : business, affair; perhaps some sort of evil magic effect (Schü.)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) яд, отрава; ядовитые насекомые и пресмыкающиеся; 2) обольщать, смущать; подстрекать; губить; губительный

Comments: The original meaning is "noxious vermin in the food, in the stomach", attested since Late Zhou.

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 733

Karlgren code: 0052 a-b

Character: 變

Modern (Beijing) reading: biàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: prans

Classic Old Chinese: pranh

Western Han Chinese: pranh

Eastern Han Chinese: pranh

Early Postclassic Chinese: pèn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pèn

Late Postclassic Chinese: pèn

Middle Chinese: pèn

English meaning : to change

Russian meaning[s]: 1) изменять(ся); превращать(ся); изменение (особенно к худшему); метаморфоза; видоизмененный, ненормальный; 2) неожиданное событие, переворот; бунт, мятеж; беспорядки; 3) бедствие, беда; 4) чрезвычайный, ненормальный; необыкновенный; 5) подлаживаться, приспособляться; применяться; 6) муз. понижение тона, бемоль

Comments: Probably from earlier *pron-s.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 6325

Karlgren code: 0178 o.

Vietnamese reading: biến

Jianchuan Bai: pĩ2

Dali Bai: pi3

Bijiang Bai: -pẽr2

Character: 邐

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǐ

Russian meaning[s]: петлять

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6606