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Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhārs
Classic Old Chinese: dhānh
Western Han Chinese: dhānh
Eastern Han Chinese: dhānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhā̀n
Middle Chinese: dần
English meaning : egg [Tang]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) яйцо; 2) анат. яйцо; 3) бран. выродок; 4) дань (название племен, см. 蜑)
Comments: A late variant of 彈 'pellet, ball' with a specialized meaning.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 8743
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhār
Meaning: bow, shoot
Chinese: *dhār shoot pellets.
Kachin: ndan1 bow, cross-bow, (H) dan, ndan id.
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1281
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開一去翰定
ZIHUI: 5751 1665
Beijing: tan 3
Jinan: tã 3
Xi'an: tã 3
Taiyuan: tä̃ 3
Hankou: tan 3
Chengdu: tan 3
Yangzhou: tɛ̃ 3
Suzhou: de_ 32
Wenzhou: da 32
Changsha: tan 31 (lit.); tan 32
Shuangfeng: dã 32
Nanchang: than 32
Meixian: than 3
Guangzhou: tān 32
Xiamen: tan 31
Chaozhou: taŋ 31
Fuzhou: taŋ 32
Shanghai: te_ 32
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