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Modern (Beijing) reading: shì
Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝk
Classic Old Chinese: tǝk
Western Han Chinese: tǝk
Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćɨk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćɨk
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćɨk
Middle Chinese: śik
English meaning : to know
Russian meaning[s]: 1) знать; познавать; знание, познание; 2) познакомиться; знакомство с...; 3) распознавать; понимать; взгляд, мнение; понимание; [zhì] записывать, вм.
Comments: A case of early (dialectal) fricativization *t- > *ć- > *ś-. The more archaic initial is preserved in another reading of the character, *tǝk-s, MC ćɨ̀, Pek. zhì 'remember, record'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 6750
Karlgren code: 0920 k
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆k
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: certain, sure
Chinese: *tǝk know, *tǝks remember, record, 寔 *d_ǝk really, truly
Tibetan: thag be sure, decided, certain.
Burmese: (Ben.) tak-tak very.
Lushai: tak real, true, genuine.
Lepcha: thyak to know, to be aquainted with, to be conversant with, to be cognizant of, to understand
Kiranti: *thǝ́k / *thǝ́ŋ
Comments: Mikir ăthik just. Ben. 52. Initial *th- in PK is not clear.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,

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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *thǝ́k / *thǝ́ŋ
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: understand
Tulung: thet-
Kaling: 'thonä ('thohtu)
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,

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Number: 2442
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 曾開三入職書
ZIHUI: 6221 0498
Beijing: ṣî_ 12
Jinan: ṣî_ 11
Xi'an: ṣî_ 11
Taiyuan: sǝʔ 41
Hankou: si_ 12
Chengdu: si_ 12
Yangzhou: sǝʔ 4
Suzhou: sôʔ 41
Wenzhou: sei 41
Changsha: ṣî_ 4
Shuangfeng: ṣî_ 12
Nanchang: sǝt 41
Meixian: sǝt 41
Guangzhou: šîk 41
Xiamen: sîk 41
Chaozhou: sek 41
Fuzhou: seiʔ 41
Shanghai: sôʔ 4
Zhongyuan yinyun: ši 42
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṭVḳV ( ~ *d-, -g-)
Meaning: exact, sure
Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆k
Burushaski: *ṭak
sccet-meaning,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ṭak
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: exactly
Yasin: ṭumṭák, ṭumuṭúk ( = Hun. ṭam-ṭák)
Hunza: ṭak
Comments: Sh. ṭak
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-notes,

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