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\data\china\bigchina
Character: 聞
Modern (Beijing) reading: wén
Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝn
Classic Old Chinese: mǝn
Western Han Chinese: mǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: mwǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: mwɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mwɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: mwɨn
Middle Chinese: mün
English meaning : to hear; to smell, perceive; as wen 4 "be heard, renowned"
Russian meaning[s]: 1) слышать; узнавать; передавать; слухи, известия; 2) почуять; понюхать; обонять; 3) Вэнь (фамилия); [wèn] слава, известность; знаменитый
Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen bun2, Chaozhou buŋ2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 128
Four-angle index: 3409
Karlgren code: 0441 f
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