Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 蟒

Modern (Beijing) reading: mǎng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) удав, питон (Boa constrictor); 2) миф. четырехпалый дракон

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 2756

Character: 蟆

Modern (Beijing) reading: má

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)rā

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)rā

Western Han Chinese: m(h)rā

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)rǟ

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ạ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ạ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ạ̄

Middle Chinese: mạ

English meaning : frog [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: лягушка

Comments: Used only within the compound 蝦蟆 *g(h)rā-m(h)rā id.

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 4900

Karlgren code: 0802 m

Jianchuan Bai: -mɛ4

Dali Bai: -mer5

Bijiang Bai: -mo4

Character: 螫

Modern (Beijing) reading: shì

English meaning : to sting; sting

Russian meaning[s]: ужалить, укусить (о змее); [hè] гневный; распаленный яростью

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8751

Karlgren code: 0793 e

Character: 螻

Modern (Beijing) reading: lóu

Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ō

Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ō

Western Han Chinese: r(h)wā

Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)wā

Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ōw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ǝ̄w

Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ǝ̄w

Middle Chinese: lʌw

English meaning : mole-cricket; frog [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: зоол. медведка (Gryllotalpa africana)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8820

Karlgren code: 0123 l

Character: 螺

Modern (Beijing) reading: luó

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhōj

Classic Old Chinese: rhwāj

Western Han Chinese: rhwāj

Eastern Han Chinese: rhwǟ

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhwā

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhwā

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhwā

Middle Chinese: lwâ

English meaning : a k. of mollusc [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) улитка; спиральная раковина (моллюска); 2) спираль; винт; винтовой, спиральный; завитой; курчавый, вьющийся (о волосах); 3) тушь; черная краска; черный; 4) чарка, рог

Comments: For *rh cf. Jianou so², Jianyang sui².

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8265

Character: 蟈

Modern (Beijing) reading: guō

Russian meaning[s]: 蟈蟈兒 цикада; кузнечик

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 1889

Karlgren code: 0929 t

Character: 蟋

Modern (Beijing) reading: xī

Preclassic Old Chinese: srit

Classic Old Chinese: srit

Western Han Chinese: ṣjǝt

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǝt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt

Middle Chinese: ṣit

English meaning : cricket

Russian meaning[s]: сверчок (Gryllodes berthellus)

Comments: Used only in 蟋蟀 *srit-srut 'cricket'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 8463

Character: 褻

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiè

Preclassic Old Chinese: sŋhet

Classic Old Chinese: sŋ̥et

Western Han Chinese: sŋ̥jat

Eastern Han Chinese: s(h)jat

Early Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jet

Middle Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jet

Late Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jet

Middle Chinese: sjet

English meaning : garment next to body; to be familiar, disrespectful

Russian meaning[s]: 1) нательный; затрапезный; 2) грязный, непристойный; пачкать; 3) профанация; фамильярный; за панибрата

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5756

Karlgren code: 0330 n

Character: 褶

Modern (Beijing) reading: diè

Preclassic Old Chinese: l(h)ēp

Classic Old Chinese: l(h)ēp

Western Han Chinese: l(h)jāp

Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)iāp

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēp

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēp

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēp

Middle Chinese: diep

English meaning : double, lined (garment)

Russian meaning[s]: платье на подкладке; [xì] платье для верховой езды; [zhé] складки; сборки

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 1643

Karlgren code: 0690 g

Character: 襄

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiāng

Preclassic Old Chinese: snhaŋ

Classic Old Chinese: sn̥aŋ

Western Han Chinese: sn̥aŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: s(h)jaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jaŋ

Middle Chinese: sjaŋ

English meaning : to rise above, raise; carry through, achieve

Russian meaning[s]: 1) помогать; 2) сделать, довести до конца; 3) устранять, удалять; выпалывать; 4) оборот (напр. светил); 5) Сян (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *snhaŋ 'to remove'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 5702

Karlgren code: 0730 a

Go-on: sau

Kan-on: siyau

Japanese reading: shō;sō;jō;noboru;ageru;harau;tasukeru

Shijing occurrences: 46.2_

Character: 褸

Modern (Beijing) reading: lǜ

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhō

Classic Old Chinese: rhō

Western Han Chinese: rhwā

Eastern Han Chinese: rhwā

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhōw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhǝ̄w

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhǝ̄w

Middle Chinese: lʌw

English meaning : a k. of clothes, robe overlap [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) рубище, лохмотья, рвань; 2) пола платья

Comments: For *rh cf. Chaozhou lau¹, Fuzhou löü⁵ (reflecting *rhō-s).

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 8813

Character: 褽

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0525 g

Character: 覬

Modern (Beijing) reading: jì

Preclassic Old Chinese: krǝjs

Classic Old Chinese: krǝjh

Western Han Chinese: krǝjh

Eastern Han Chinese: krǝś

Early Postclassic Chinese: kiś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kìj

Late Postclassic Chinese: kì

Middle Chinese: kì

English meaning : to long for

Russian meaning[s]: страстно желать; вожделение

Comments: Cf. 冀 'to hope'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 147

Four-angle index: 7417

Character: 謎

Modern (Beijing) reading: mí

Preclassic Old Chinese: mīj

Classic Old Chinese: mīj

Western Han Chinese: mjǝ̄j

Eastern Han Chinese: miǝ̄j

Early Postclassic Chinese: miēj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: miēj

Late Postclassic Chinese: miēj

Middle Chinese: miej

English meaning : riddle [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: загадка

Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen me²; most Min forms (Chaozhou mi⁴, Fuzhou me⁶, Jianou mi⁶) reflect *mīj-s.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 6572

Character: 謗

Modern (Beijing) reading: bàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: pāŋs

Classic Old Chinese: pāŋh

Western Han Chinese: pāŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: pāŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: pā̀ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pā̀ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: pā̀ŋ

Middle Chinese: pầŋ

English meaning : to speak ill of, slander [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: клеветать, позорить; злословить за спиной; клевета

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 4241

Karlgren code: 0740 |k ́

Vietnamese reading: báng

Character: 謙

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiān

Preclassic Old Chinese: khēm

Classic Old Chinese: khēm

Western Han Chinese: khjam

Eastern Han Chinese: khjam

Early Postclassic Chinese: khjem

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjem

Late Postclassic Chinese: khjem

Middle Chinese: khiem

English meaning : be modest

Russian meaning[s]: 1) скромный; уступчивый; 2) вежливый, почтительный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 5438

Karlgren code: 0627 f

Vietnamese reading: khiêm

Character: 講

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǎng

Preclassic Old Chinese: krōŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: krṓŋ

Western Han Chinese: krṓŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: krṓŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄́ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄́ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄́ŋ

Middle Chinese: kạ́uŋ

English meaning : to explain, discuss, investigate

Russian meaning[s]: 1) говорить; разговаривать; толковать, объяснять; 2) читать (лекцию), преподавать; 3) изучать, исследовать, анализировать; 4) договориться; уладить спор; обсудить; 5) 3-е число (в телеграммах)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 4024

Karlgren code: 1198 a

Vietnamese reading: gia`ng

Character: 謊

Modern (Beijing) reading: huǎng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) лгать; ложь; обман; ложный; 2) завышенная цена

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 7601

Character: 謠

Modern (Beijing) reading: yáo

English meaning : to chant

Russian meaning[s]: 1) народные песни; баллада; стихи свободной формы; 2) злостные слухи; клевета, сплетни

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 999

Karlgren code: 1144 j

Character: 謝

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiè

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhiaks

Classic Old Chinese: lhiah

Western Han Chinese: lhiah

Eastern Han Chinese: zhäh

Early Postclassic Chinese: zhà

Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhà

Late Postclassic Chinese: zhà

Middle Chinese: zjà

English meaning : to give up

Russian meaning[s]: 1) благодарить; отблагодарить; спасибо; 2) отклонить, отказаться; не принимать; уйти в отставку; 3) опасть (о цветах); 4) уйти, разойтись; 5) умереть; 6) признать вину (ошибку)

Comments: A later semantic development is 'to give up' > 'to thank, be thankful'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 3145

Karlgren code: 0807 g

Vietnamese reading: tạ