Comments:Also used for *d(h)an, MC ʒ́en, Pek. chán 'irresolute' [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0148 c
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:dàn
Preclassic Old Chinese:d(h)āns
Classic Old Chinese:d(h)ānh
Western Han Chinese:d(h)ānh
Eastern Han Chinese:d(h)ānh
Early Postclassic Chinese:d(h)ā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese:d(h)ā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese:d(h)ā̀n
Middle Chinese:dần
English meaning :let loose, free of care [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0148 f
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zhǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese:tranʔ
Classic Old Chinese:trán
Western Han Chinese:ṭán
Eastern Han Chinese:ṭán
Early Postclassic Chinese:ṭén
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ṭén
Late Postclassic Chinese:ṭén
Middle Chinese:ṭén
English meaning :single, simple [LZ]
Comments:Also read *tranʔ-s, MC ṭèn, Pek. zhàn 'bare, undecorated (robe)' (LZ). During Early Zhou the character is attested only in Shijing as a loan for 袒 *dhānʔ q.v.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0148 g
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zhān
Preclassic Old Chinese:tan
Classic Old Chinese:tan
Western Han Chinese:tan
Eastern Han Chinese:ćan
Early Postclassic Chinese:ćen
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ćen
Late Postclassic Chinese:ćen
Middle Chinese:ćen
English meaning :a k. of flag, banner
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0148 k
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:shān
Preclassic Old Chinese:tan
Classic Old Chinese:tan
Western Han Chinese:tan
Eastern Han Chinese:ćan
Early Postclassic Chinese:ćen
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ćen
Late Postclassic Chinese:ćen
Middle Chinese:śen
English meaning :keen sense of smell [LZ]
Comments:Probably = 羶 q.v.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0148 s
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:rán
Preclassic Old Chinese:n(h)ar (?)
Classic Old Chinese:n(h)an
Western Han Chinese:n(h)an
Eastern Han Chinese:ń(h)an
Early Postclassic Chinese:ń(h)en
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ń(h)en
Late Postclassic Chinese:ń(h)en
Middle Chinese:ńen
English meaning :burn (?)
Comments:The character is attested only in inscriptions as a personal name and its precise meaning and reading is unclear; it can hardly be identified with 燃 *nhan 'burn' because of the final consonant.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0152 i-j
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zuǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese:cōnʔ
Classic Old Chinese:cwā́n
Western Han Chinese:cwā́n
Eastern Han Chinese:cwā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese:cwā́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese:cwā́n
Late Postclassic Chinese:cwā́n
Middle Chinese:cwấn
English meaning :group of 100 families [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0153 g
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:cuán
Preclassic Old Chinese:ʒ(h)ōn
Classic Old Chinese:ʒ(h)wān
Western Han Chinese:ʒ(h)wān
Eastern Han Chinese:ʒ(h)wān
Early Postclassic Chinese:ʒ(h)wān
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ʒ(h)wān
Late Postclassic Chinese:ʒ(h)wān
Middle Chinese:ʒwân
English meaning :bundles of rods [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0153 j-k
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:cán
Preclassic Old Chinese:ʒ́(h)ān
Classic Old Chinese:ʒ(h)ān
Western Han Chinese:ʒ(h)ān
Eastern Han Chinese:ʒ(h)ān
Early Postclassic Chinese:ʒ(h)ān
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ʒ(h)ān
Late Postclassic Chinese:ʒ(h)ān
Middle Chinese:ʒân
English meaning :bore through [Shuowen]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0154 a
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:chǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese:ćhrēnʔ
Classic Old Chinese:chrḗn
Western Han Chinese:c̣hjā́n
Eastern Han Chinese:c̣hiā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese:c̣hiẹ̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese:c̣hiẹ̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese:c̣hiẹ̄́n
Middle Chinese:c̣hạ̈́n
English meaning :to plane [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0155 i
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese:ʒ́anʔ (~ -e-)
Classic Old Chinese:ʒán
Western Han Chinese:ʒán
Eastern Han Chinese:ʒján
Early Postclassic Chinese:ʒjén
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ʒjén
Late Postclassic Chinese:ʒjén
Middle Chinese:ʒjén
English meaning :narrow [LZ]
Comments:Also read *ćan (~-e-), MC cjen, Pek. jiān id.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0155 q
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese:sars
Classic Old Chinese:sanh
Western Han Chinese:sanh
Eastern Han Chinese:sjanh
Early Postclassic Chinese:sjèn
Middle Postclassic Chinese:sjèn
Late Postclassic Chinese:sjèn
Middle Chinese:sjèn
English meaning :thread [Han]
Comments:A late variant of 線 q.v.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0155 r
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:huàn
Preclassic Old Chinese:hʷārs
Classic Old Chinese:hwānh
Western Han Chinese:hwānh
Eastern Han Chinese:hwānh
Early Postclassic Chinese:hwā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese:hwā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese:hwā̀n
Middle Chinese:xwần
English meaning :cry out [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0158 m
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:quán
Preclassic Old Chinese:g(h)ʷar
Classic Old Chinese:g(h)wan
Western Han Chinese:g(h)wan
Eastern Han Chinese:g(h)wan
Early Postclassic Chinese:g(h)wen
Middle Postclassic Chinese:g(h)wen
Late Postclassic Chinese:g(h)wen
Middle Chinese:gwen
English meaning :walk with bent body [Shuowen]
Comments:Attested in bronze inscriptions, but with unclear meaning.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0158 q-r
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:yuán
Preclassic Old Chinese:w(h)ar
Classic Old Chinese:w(h)an
Western Han Chinese:w(h)an
Eastern Han Chinese:w(h)an
Early Postclassic Chinese:w(h)an
Middle Postclassic Chinese:w(h)ǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese:w(h)ǝn
Middle Chinese:wǝn
English meaning :to change fields [Shuowen]
Comments:Attested only in Yin inscriptions.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0164 n-p
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:huán
Preclassic Old Chinese:g(h)ʷān
Classic Old Chinese:g(h)wān
Western Han Chinese:gwān (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese:gwān (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese:gwān (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese:gwān (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese:gwān (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese:ɣwân
English meaning :mountain sheep [Shuowen]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0165 a
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:huán
Preclassic Old Chinese:w(h)ān
Classic Old Chinese:w(h)ān
Western Han Chinese:w(h)ān
Eastern Han Chinese:w(h)ān
Early Postclassic Chinese:w(h)ān
Middle Postclassic Chinese:w(h)ān
Late Postclassic Chinese:w(h)ān
Middle Chinese:ɣwân
English meaning :encircling wall [Shuowen]
Comments:Attested in bronze inscriptions.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0167 d-e
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:xiòng
Preclassic Old Chinese:hʷēŋs
Classic Old Chinese:hwēŋh
Western Han Chinese:hwēŋh
Eastern Han Chinese:hwiēŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese:hwiḕŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese:hwiḕŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese:hwiḕŋ
Middle Chinese:xwìeŋ
English meaning :distant [LZ]
Comments:Also has a dialectal MC reading xwìen (Pek. xuàn) id. The series is clearly in *-eŋ, and the graphic connection of .... and 奐 may be secondary or accidental.
