Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 峒

Modern (Beijing) reading: dong

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 巷

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rōŋs

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rōŋh

Western Han Chinese: grōŋh (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: grōŋh (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gọ̄̀ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gọ̄̀ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gọ̄̀ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣạ̀uŋ

English meaning : lane, street

Russian meaning[s]: 1) переулок; аллея; кривая улица; 2) деревенская улица; 3) древн. жилище

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 49

Four-angle index: 7096

Karlgren code: 1182 s

Character: 帝

Modern (Beijing) reading: dì

Preclassic Old Chinese: tēks

Classic Old Chinese: tēh

Western Han Chinese: tēh

Eastern Han Chinese: tiēh

Early Postclassic Chinese: tiḕj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: tiḕj

Late Postclassic Chinese: tiḕj

Middle Chinese: tìej

Fanqie: 底詣

Rhyme class: 霽

English meaning : a God, divine king, deceased king, emperor

Russian meaning[s]: 1) император; императорский; монарх; монархический; 2) сокр. империализм; 3) божество, бог

Shuowen gloss: 諦也. 王天下之號也. 從丄. 朿聲. 古文帝. 古文諸丄字皆從一. 篆文皆從二. 二古文上字. 辛示辰龍童音章皆從古文丄.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 50

Four-angle index: 3897

Karlgren code: 0877 a-d

Shijing occurrences: 47.2_

Character: 帥

Modern (Beijing) reading: shuài

Preclassic Old Chinese: srut

Classic Old Chinese: srwǝt

Western Han Chinese: ṣwǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣwǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣwɨt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣwɨt

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣwɨt

Middle Chinese: ṣwit

English meaning : to lead; to follow

Russian meaning[s]: 1) главнокомандующий; маршал; военачальник; ист. маршал Республики (персональное звание 1911 - 1928 гг.); 2) предводительствовать, стоять во главе, см. 率

Comments: Also read *srut-s, MC ṣwì id. Frequently written as **.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 50

Four-angle index: 3859

Karlgren code: 0499 a-c

Character: 帟

Modern (Beijing) reading: yì

Preclassic Old Chinese: liak

Classic Old Chinese: liak

Western Han Chinese: liak

Eastern Han Chinese: źiak

Early Postclassic Chinese: źjek

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jjek

Late Postclassic Chinese: jjek

Middle Chinese: jek

English meaning : baldachin [LZ]

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0800 e

Character: 幽

Modern (Beijing) reading: yōu

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔiw

Classic Old Chinese: ʔiw

Western Han Chinese: ʔjǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔjǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔjiw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔjiw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔjiw

Middle Chinese: ʔjiw

English meaning : be dark, black; solitary

Russian meaning[s]: 1) темный, мрачный; 2) спрятаться, скрыться, жить в уединении, укрыться; держать в заточении; скрытый, уединенный; спокойный, тихий; 3) далекий; одинокий, заброшенный, глухой, безлюдный

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 46

Four-angle index: 993

Karlgren code: 1115 c-e

Character: 庠

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiáng

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhaŋ

Classic Old Chinese: lhaŋ

Western Han Chinese: lhaŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: zhaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: zhaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: zhaŋ

Middle Chinese: zjaŋ

English meaning : school

Russian meaning[s]: древн. школа

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 53

Four-angle index: 2513

Karlgren code: 0732 m

Character: 度

Modern (Beijing) reading: dù

Preclassic Old Chinese: dāk

Classic Old Chinese: dāk

Western Han Chinese: dāk

Eastern Han Chinese: dāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: dāk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dāk

Late Postclassic Chinese: dāk

Middle Chinese: dâk

English meaning : to measure, calculate, consider, plan

Russian meaning[s]: 1) мера; измерять; соразмерять; 2) норма; степень; ступень; градус; 3) закон, установление; система; 4) проходить (о жизни); проводить (время); 5) раз; 6) поведение; 7) качество; 8) переправляться, см. 渡; 9) Ду (фамилия); [duò] рассчитывать, предполагать

Comments: Also read *dāk-s, MC dò, Mand. dù, Viet. d_ộ 'measure, measure of length, rule, law'. Other loans from the same source are Viet. d_o 'to measure (dimensions), to measure up (wood, land)'; d_ọ 'to compare; to compete'. For *d cf. Fuzhou tok⁸; Zhuang tāk, Lao dhāk (*dāk).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 53

Four-angle index: 6020

Karlgren code: 0801 a

Vietnamese reading: d_ạc

Character: 建

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: kars

Classic Old Chinese: kanh

Western Han Chinese: kanh

Eastern Han Chinese: kanh

Early Postclassic Chinese: kàn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: kǝ̀n

English meaning : set up, establish

Russian meaning[s]: 1) основать, учредить, установить; 2) строить; созидать; реконструировать; 3) вводить, вносить; 4) покрывать, накрывать; 5) продолжительность лунного месяца; 6) сокр. пров. Фуцзянь; 7) запор, вм. 鍵

Comments: During LZ used also for a homonymous name of a constellation (Sagittarius).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 54

Four-angle index: 6657

Karlgren code: 0249 a

Character: 弈

Modern (Beijing) reading: yì

Preclassic Old Chinese: liak

Classic Old Chinese: liak

Western Han Chinese: liak

Eastern Han Chinese: źiak

Early Postclassic Chinese: źjek

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jjek

Late Postclassic Chinese: jjek

Middle Chinese: jek

English meaning : chess [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: китайские шашки; играть в шашки

Comments: Also used for homonymous *liak 'curtain'.

Radical: 55

Four-angle index: 2760

Karlgren code: 0800 f

Character: 弭

Modern (Beijing) reading: mǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ejʔ

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)é

Western Han Chinese: m(h)é

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)jé

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)jé

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)jé

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)jé

Middle Chinese: mjé

English meaning : bow with the ends not bound with string and lackered but capped with bone or ivory

Russian meaning[s]: 1) древн. концы лука; 2) останавливать, прекращать; ликвидировать; 3) Ми (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *m(h)ejʔ 'to stop; cease' ( = 彌 q. v.)

Radical: 57

Four-angle index: 2681

Karlgren code: 0360 a-c

Character: 彥

Modern (Beijing) reading: yàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)rans

Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)ranh

Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)ranh

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)ranh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)èn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)èn

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)èn

Middle Chinese: ŋèn

English meaning : adorned, talented, fine

Russian meaning[s]: даровитый, ученый; высокообразованный [человек]; прекрасный, отличный

Radical: 59

Four-angle index: 4092

Karlgren code: 0199 a

Character: 很

Modern (Beijing) reading: hěn

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄nʔ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄́n

Western Han Chinese: gǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄́n (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣʌ́n

English meaning : to oppose, be against; to hate, be malign

Russian meaning[s]: 1) очень, весьма, крайне; 2) вм. 狠

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 5766

Karlgren code: 0416 e

Character: 待

Modern (Beijing) reading: dài

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄ʔ

Classic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Western Han Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Eastern Han Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄́j

Middle Chinese: dʌ́j

English meaning : to wait [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ждать; ожидать; подождать; 2) собираться, намереваться; быть накануне (какого-л. события); 3) обходиться с...; принимать; 4) в обстоятельствах времени служебный глагол ко времени..., к...; 5) необходимо, нужно, следует; [dāi] задержаться; жить; пребывать в...

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is d_ãi. For *dh- cf. Xiamen thai⁶, Chaozhou thai⁴.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 3165

Karlgren code: 0961 |g ́

Go-on: dai

Kan-on: tai

Japanese reading: tai+;matsu+;ashirau

Vietnamese reading: d_ọ'i

Character: 徊

Modern (Beijing) reading: huái

Russian meaning[s]: бродить; блуждать; колебаться; медлить

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 1821

Character: 律

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǜ

Preclassic Old Chinese: rut

Classic Old Chinese: rwǝt

Western Han Chinese: rwǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: lwit

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwit

Late Postclassic Chinese: lwit

Middle Chinese: lwit

English meaning : row; pitch-pipe

Russian meaning[s]: 1) закон; ограничивать законами; правило, норма; вводить в норму; уставной; 2) вообще; общий для всех; все; 3) музыка; мотив; ступени гаммы; 4) устав (название стихотворной формы)

Comments: A later meaning is 'pitch-pipe > regulator, law, rule'. For *r cf. Xiamen lut⁸, Chaozhou, Fuzhou luk⁸.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 2576

Karlgren code: 0502 c

Vietnamese reading: luật

Character: 徇

Modern (Beijing) reading: xùn

Preclassic Old Chinese: whin

Classic Old Chinese: whin

Western Han Chinese: whjǝn

Eastern Han Chinese: whjǝn

Early Postclassic Chinese: whjin

Middle Postclassic Chinese: whjin

Late Postclassic Chinese: whjin

Middle Chinese: zjwin

English meaning : go everywhere, all round

Russian meaning[s]: 1) следовать; примкнуть; поддерживать; 2) потакать, потворствовать; покрывать; 3) опубликовывать; приказ (по войскам); 4) погибнуть (пасть) за идею, вм. 殉; 5) объехать повсюду; 6) спешить

Comments: Also read *whin-s, MC zjwìn, Pek. xùn id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 4334

Karlgren code: 0392 e-f

Character: 後

Modern (Beijing) reading: hòu

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghōʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ghṓ

Western Han Chinese: ɣwā́

Eastern Han Chinese: ɣwā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣṓw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: ɣʌ́w

English meaning : be afterwards, after, later

Russian meaning[s]: 1) задний; позади; сзади; зад; отставать, не поспевать; отсталый; 2) последующий; после; потом, впоследствии; следующий, через один (напр. месяц, год); будущий; грядущий; 3) потомки, потомство; 4) послелог обстоятельств времени и места, часто в конструкциях с предлогами 在, 於 и др. а) позади, за; б) после, по; в) в придаточных предложениях времени после того, как...; 5) Хоу (фамилия)

Comments: Also read *ghōʔ-s, MC ɣʌ̀w (FQ 胡遘) 'be behind, attend, support'. For *gh- cf. Xiamen, Fuzhou au⁶, Chaozhou, Jianou au⁴.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 6339

Karlgren code: 0115 a-c

Vietnamese reading: hậu

Jianchuan Bai: ?ɣɨ1-

Dali Bai: ?ɣɨ1

Bijiang Bai: ?ɣɨ1

Shijing occurrences: 22.1, 22.2, 35.3_

Character: 徉

Modern (Beijing) reading: yáng

Preclassic Old Chinese: laŋ

Classic Old Chinese: laŋ

Western Han Chinese: laŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: źaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: źaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: jaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: jaŋ

Middle Chinese: jaŋ

English meaning : walk irresolutely, hesitate [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: бродить, прогуливаться

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 2503

Karlgren code: 0732 f

Character: 怒

Modern (Beijing) reading: nù

Preclassic Old Chinese: nāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: nā́

Western Han Chinese: nā́

Eastern Han Chinese: nā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: nṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: nṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: nṓ

Middle Chinese: nó

English meaning : be angry

Russian meaning[s]: 1) гнев; ярость; сердиться, гневаться; гневно; 2) сердить; горячить (напр. коня); 3) резвый, быстрый; 4) бурный

Comments: Also read *nāʔ-s, MC nò (FQ 乃故) - whence mod. nù. For *n- cf. Min readings: Xiamen nɔ⁶, Fuzhou no⁶, Chaozhou nou⁶, Jianou nu⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8471

Karlgren code: 0094 |a ́

Shijing occurrences: 26.2_, 35.1_, 58.1