Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 167

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 巨

MC description : 遇合三上語群

ZIHUI: 1565 0971

Beijing: ćy 3

Jinan: ćy 3

Xi'an: ćy 3

Taiyuan: ćy 3

Hankou: ćy 3

Chengdu: ćy 3

Yangzhou: ćy 3

Suzhou: ʒ́y 32

Wenzhou: ʒ́y 22

Changsha: ćy 31

Shuangfeng: dy 32

Nanchang: ćhy 32

Meixian: ki 2

Guangzhou: kö_y 32

Xiamen: ku 32

Chaozhou: kɨ 22

Fuzhou: köy 31

Shanghai: ćy 32

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Chinese characters :

Character: 巨

Modern (Beijing) reading: jù

Preclassic Old Chinese: gaʔ

Classic Old Chinese: gá

Western Han Chinese: gá

Eastern Han Chinese: gá

Early Postclassic Chinese: gó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gó

Late Postclassic Chinese: gó

Middle Chinese: gö̀

English meaning : great [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) огромный, громадный; 2) бесчисленный; во множестве; 3) как?, каким образом?, см. 詎; 4) см. 矩 1); 5) Цзюй (фамилия)

Comments: The original reading of the character must have been *kʷaʔ 'carpenter's square' = 矩, but the loan for *gaʔ 'great' probably occurred early, because it accounts for several *ga-type syllables in the xiesheng series. For *g- cf. Xiamen ku⁶, Chaozhou kɨ⁴, Fuzhou köü⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 48

Four-angle index: 822

Karlgren code: 0095 a-b

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