Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 沌

Modern (Beijing) reading: tùn dūn

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)ūnʔ

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄́n

Western Han Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄́n

Eastern Han Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄́n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄́n

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄́n

Middle Chinese: dón

English meaning : Chaos (in the comp. hun-dun) [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) поток воды; 2) непроточный, стоячий; 3) темный, непонятливый; неясный

Comments: Also used for *d(h)ūn, *d(h)ūnʔ 'confused, stupid'.

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7251

Karlgren code: 0427 h

Character: 汨

Modern (Beijing) reading: gu

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 沖

Modern (Beijing) reading: chōng

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)ruŋ

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)ruŋ

Western Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝuŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝuŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨuŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)uŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)uŋ

Middle Chinese: ḍüŋ

English meaning : be young, weak; perhaps: to go thud thud, slap slap

Russian meaning[s]: 1) размывать; промывать; затоплять; 2) запивать; разбавлять водой; 3) варить; 4) ударять; сталкиваться, см. 衝; 5) вздыматься, взлетать, лететь; 6) искусственный, поддельный; 7) молодой, зеленый, неопытный; 8) скромный; мягкий, уступчивый; 9) крепкий (напр. табак)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 2630

Karlgren code: 1007 p-q

Character: 沒

Modern (Beijing) reading: méi

Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝ̄t

Classic Old Chinese: mǝ̄t

Western Han Chinese: mǝ̄t

Eastern Han Chinese: mǝ̄t

Early Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄t

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄t

Late Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄t

Middle Chinese: mot

English meaning : to make an end, disappear, exhaust

Russian meaning[s]: 1) не (отрицание перед глаголами совершенного вида или в прошедшем времени); 2) нет; не иметь; не бывает; отрицание перед глаголом 有 во всех видах и временах); [mò] 1) погрузиться в воду; утонуть; исчезнуть; погибнуть; умереть; 2) кончиться, не остаться, выйти; 3) конфисковать, реквизировать; 4) спрятать(ся), скрыть(ся)

Comments: See comments to 歿. For *m cf. Xiamen but⁸, Chaozhou, Fuzhou muk⁸, Jianou mo⁸.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 6106

Karlgren code: 0492 b

Character: 汽

Modern (Beijing) reading: qì

Russian meaning[s]: пар, газ; паровой, газовый, см. 氣

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7620

Character: 沃

Modern (Beijing) reading: wò

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔūk

Classic Old Chinese: ʔūk

Western Han Chinese: ʔǝ̄uk

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝ̄uk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄uk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄uk

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔōk

Middle Chinese: ʔok

English meaning : be glossy, look glossy (of leaves, plants)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) орошать, поливать; мыть руки; 2) тучный, плодородный; 3) вести, направлять; 4) иод; 5) 2-е число (в телеграммах); 6) Во (фамилия)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5013

Karlgren code: 1141 l

Shijing occurrences: 58.2

Character: 汲

Modern (Beijing) reading: jí

Preclassic Old Chinese: kǝp

Classic Old Chinese: kǝp

Western Han Chinese: kǝp

Eastern Han Chinese: kǝp

Early Postclassic Chinese: kip

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kip

Late Postclassic Chinese: kip

Middle Chinese: kip

English meaning : to draw water

Russian meaning[s]: поднимать воду (из колодца); черпать

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 6355

Karlgren code: 0681 h

Character: 汾

Modern (Beijing) reading: fén

Russian meaning[s]: Фэнь (река в провинции Шаньси)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4199

Character: 汴

Modern (Beijing) reading: biàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: brans

Classic Old Chinese: branh

Western Han Chinese: branh

Eastern Han Chinese: branh

Early Postclassic Chinese: bèn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bèn

Late Postclassic Chinese: bèn

Middle Chinese: bèn

English meaning : river name [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) Бянь (река в провинции Хэнань); 2) сокр. г. Кайфын

Comments: For *b cf. Chaozhou pieŋ⁴, Fuzhou pieŋ⁶.

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 1971

Character: 沆

Modern (Beijing) reading: hàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)āŋʔ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ā́ŋ

Western Han Chinese: gā́ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gā́ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gā́ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gā́ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gā́ŋ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣấŋ

English meaning : moisture of the dew (LZ)

Russian meaning[s]: водная ширь; [háng] переправляться через реку

Comments: Used only in compounds.

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7694

Karlgren code: 0698 f

Character: 汶

Modern (Beijing) reading: wèn

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝns

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝnh

Western Han Chinese: m(h)ǝnh

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)wǝnh

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wɨ̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wɨ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wɨ̀n

Middle Chinese: mǜn

English meaning : name of a river

Russian meaning[s]: сокр. Вэньхэ (река в провинции Шаньдун); [mén] марать, пачкать, загрязняться; осрамить, подвергнуть бесчестью

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 6402

Karlgren code: 0475 i

Character: 沍

Modern (Beijing) reading: hù

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ā(ʔ)s

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)āh

Western Han Chinese: gāh (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gāh (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gā̀ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gā̀ (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gā̀ (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣò

English meaning : shut in, stop up (of cold which freezes everything) [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: замерзнуть; замороженный; затвердевший

Radical: 15

Four-angle index: 524

Karlgren code: 0054 c

Character: 沔

Modern (Beijing) reading: miǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)enʔ

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)én

Western Han Chinese: m(h)ján

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)ján

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)jén

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)jén

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)jén

Middle Chinese: mjén

English meaning : richly flowing (stream)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) поток; 2) Мяньшуй (верховья р. Хань)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4427

Karlgren code: 0247 c-d

Character: 沂

Modern (Beijing) reading: yí

Russian meaning[s]: сокр. р. Ихэ (в провинциях Шаньдун и Цзянсу)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 2014

Character: 灶

Modern (Beijing) reading: zào

Russian meaning[s]: см.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 149

Character: 灼

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhuó

Preclassic Old Chinese: tekʷ

Classic Old Chinese: teuk

Western Han Chinese: tjauk

Eastern Han Chinese: ćauk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćauk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćak

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćak

Middle Chinese: ćak

English meaning : be brilliant

Russian meaning[s]: 1) блестящий; светлый; 2) сгорать; сжигать

Shuowen gloss: 灸也.從火.勺聲. [483]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 4265

Karlgren code: 1120 f

Shijing occurrences: 6.1

Character: 災

Modern (Beijing) reading: zāi

Preclassic Old Chinese: cǝ̄ (~ ć-)

Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄

Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄

Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄

Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄j

Middle Chinese: cʌj

English meaning : disaster, accident

Russian meaning[s]: 1) стихийное бедствие (война, наводнение, голод, эпидемии); 2) пострадавший (от войны, эпидемии, голода, несчастья); несчастный, зловещий

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 5500

Karlgren code: 0940 a-d

Character: 灸

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷǝʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kwǝ́

Western Han Chinese: kǘ

Eastern Han Chinese: kwǝ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: kíw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ́w

Middle Chinese: kǝ́w

English meaning : to prop up, raise against

Russian meaning[s]: мед. прижигать; прижигание

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 5484

Character: 牢

Modern (Beijing) reading: láo

Preclassic Old Chinese: rū

Classic Old Chinese: rū

Western Han Chinese: rǝ̄w

Eastern Han Chinese: rǝ̄w

Early Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lāw

Late Postclassic Chinese: lāw

Middle Chinese: lâw

English meaning : calf; pen (place for calves)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) загон для скота; скот; 2) тюрьма; 3) крепкий, прочный; крепко-накрепко; 4) Лао (фамилия)

Comments: A later meaning is ('pen > ') 'jail, prison'. A more archaic loan from the same source may be Viet. rào 'fence, hedge' (perhaps also rọ 'cage, trap'?). For *r- Cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou lo², Fuzhou lɔ², Jianou lau².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 2478

Karlgren code: 1056 a-c

Vietnamese reading: lao

Character: 牡

Modern (Beijing) reading: mǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)(r)ūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)(r)ū́

Western Han Chinese: m(h)(r)ǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)(r)ǝ̄́

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ṓw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́w

Middle Chinese: mʌ́w

English meaning : male animal

Russian meaning[s]: самец (о животных); мужской (о растениях)

Comments: MC mл́w is irregular: *mấw would be regularly expected (since -л́w can go back to *-ōʔ or *-rōʔ, in this case *m(h)rūʔ is also possible).

Radical: 93

Four-angle index: 146

Karlgren code: 1063 a-c

Shijing occurrences: 34.2_, 57.3