Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 三

Modern (Beijing) reading: sān

Preclassic Old Chinese: sǝ̄m

Classic Old Chinese: sǝ̄m

Western Han Chinese: sǝ̄m

Eastern Han Chinese: sǝ̄m

Early Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄m

Middle Chinese: sâm

English meaning : be three

Russian meaning[s]: 1) три; третий; 2) тройной; 3) три месяца, квартал; [sàn] трижды; [sā] втроем, трое

Comments: Also read sàn, MC sầm (FQ 蘇暫), OC *sǝ̄m-s. The development *-ǝ̄m > -âm is irregular (established by OC rhymes).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 1

Four-angle index: 8

Karlgren code: 0648 a-c

Go-on: san

Kan-on: san

Japanese reading: san;mitsu

Vietnamese reading: tam

Jianchuan Bai: sã4

Dali Bai: sa4

Bijiang Bai: sã4

Shijing occurrences: 20.2_, 21.1, 50.3, 58.4, 58.5

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