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Character: 雲
Modern (Beijing) reading: yún
Preclassic Old Chinese: whǝn
Classic Old Chinese: whǝn
Western Han Chinese: whǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: whǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: whɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: whɨn
Middle Chinese: ɦün
English meaning : cloud
Russian meaning[s]: 1) облако, туча; кучно; 2) сокр. провинция Юньнань; Юнь (фамилия)
Comments: For *wh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen hun2, Chaozhou hŋ2, Fuzhou huŋ2.
Radical: 173
Four-angle index: 8672
Karlgren code: 0460 b
Jianchuan Bai: ŋü7
Dali Bai: vu7
Bijiang Bai: mɨ7-
Shijing occurrences: 47.2
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷǝn (~ qhʷ-)
Meaning: sky, cloud
Lushai: vān the sky, heavens.
Comments: Cf. also Karen *ʔUN.3L 'cloud', Mikir iŋhun id. Cf. PAN *hawan 'atmosphere, space'.
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