Character: 串
Modern (Beijing) reading: chuàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷrāns
Classic Old Chinese: kwrānh
Western Han Chinese: kwrānh
Eastern Han Chinese: kwrānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwạ̄̀n
Middle Chinese: kwạ̀n
English meaning : custom, usage
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пронизывать, нанизывать; связанный, непрерывный; ряд; 2) связать(ся); сообща; 3) пролезть; добиваться (чего-л.) нечестным путем; 4) родственные отношения; родня; 5) играть (на сцене); 6) переливать
Comments: *kʷrāns is the oldest reading of the character attested. Later for the meaning 'custom, to be accustomed' one got to use another character, 慣, while 串 acquired the reading *thons, MC ćhwèn, Mand. chuàn (Sino-Viet. xuyến), Go, Kan sen 'to bore, string' ( = 穿 q.v.). Standard Sino-Viet. for 'custom, to be accustomed' is quán. See 貫, 慣.
Radical: 2
Four-angle index: 2632
Karlgren code: 0159 e
Go-on: kuwen
Kan-on: kuwan
Japanese reading: ken;kan;tsuranuku;ugatsu;kushi
Vietnamese reading: quen
