Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 杞

Modern (Beijing) reading: qǐ

Preclassic Old Chinese: khlǝʔ

Classic Old Chinese: khǝ́

Western Han Chinese: khǝ́

Eastern Han Chinese: khǝ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: khɨ́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khɨ́

Late Postclassic Chinese: khɨ́

Middle Chinese: khɨ́

English meaning : Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); a kind of willow (Salix sinopurpurea)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) Ци (древнее княжество); 2) Ци (фамилия)

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 7090

Karlgren code: 0953 l-p

Character: 杉

Modern (Beijing) reading: shan

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 杆

Modern (Beijing) reading: gān

English meaning : = 干

Russian meaning[s]: 1) столб, жердь; древко; 2) решетка, перила; 3) счетный суффикс для длинных предметов; 4) щит, вм. 干

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 2353

Character: 杠

Modern (Beijing) reading: gāng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) древко флага; 2) мостик, перекладина; коромысло, см. 槓; 3) спорт. штанга

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 90

Character: �

Modern (Beijing) reading: gāng

Preclassic Old Chinese: krōŋ

Classic Old Chinese: krōŋ

Western Han Chinese: krōŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: krōŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: kạuŋ

English meaning : bamboo pole, cross-pole, cangue [L.Zhou]

Comments: Normal Sino-Viet. is cống (from MC *kạ̀uŋ - unattested, but reflected as well in the Mand. variant reading gàng).

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 1172 u

Vietnamese reading: gông

Character: 杓

Modern (Beijing) reading: biāo

Preclassic Old Chinese: dekʷ

Classic Old Chinese: deuk

Western Han Chinese: djauk

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ́auk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́auk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́ak

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ́ak

Middle Chinese: ʒ́ak

English meaning : ladle, cup

Russian meaning[s]: 5-я, 6-я и 7-я звезды Большой Медведицы; [sháo] ковш; уполовник, см. 勺

Comments: Cf. 酌.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 4264

Karlgren code: 1120 b

Character: 步

Modern (Beijing) reading: bù

Preclassic Old Chinese: bās (~ -ks)

Classic Old Chinese: bāh

Western Han Chinese: bāh

Eastern Han Chinese: bāh

Early Postclassic Chinese: bṑ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bṑ

Late Postclassic Chinese: bṑ

Middle Chinese: bò

English meaning : to walk

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шагать, идти пешком; следовать по стопам; шаг, походка; пеший, пехотный; пехота; пехотинец; 2) шаг за шагом, постепенно; 3) мерить шагами; вычислять, измерять; 4) шаг (мера длины около 1,6 м; мера площади около 25 кв. 尺); 5) состояние; степень; 6) судьба, удел; 7) Бу (фамилия)

Comments: For *b- cf. Xiamen pɔ⁶, Chaozhou pou⁶, Fuzhou puo⁶, Jianou piɔ⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 77

Four-angle index: 4050

Karlgren code: 0073 a-b

Character: 每

Modern (Beijing) reading: měi

Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝ̄ʔ

Classic Old Chinese: mǝ̄́

Western Han Chinese: mǝ̄́

Eastern Han Chinese: mǝ̄́

Early Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄́j

Middle Chinese: mój

English meaning : each, every

Russian meaning[s]: 1) каждый, всякий; всякий раз как...; всегда, обычно, постоянно; 2) древн. хотя, хотя бы; пусть даже; 3) стар. суффикс множественного числа местоимений, вм. 們

Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen mui³, Fuzhou muoi³, Chaozhou mue³, Jianou mo³. Standard Sino-Viet. is mỗi. Also used for a homonymous 每 *mǝ̄ʔ 'dark, confused'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 80

Four-angle index: 4761

Karlgren code: 0947 i-k

Vietnamese reading: mọi

Character: 求

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiú

Preclassic Old Chinese: gu

Classic Old Chinese: gu

Western Han Chinese: gǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: gǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: giw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: gǝw

Middle Chinese: gǝw

Fanqie: 奇尤

Rhyme class: 尤

English meaning : to seek, ask for

Russian meaning[s]: 1) просить, умолять; требовать; 2) искать; добиваться; домогаться; спрос; иметь потребность

Shuowen gloss: 索也.

Comments: For *g- cf. Min data: Xiamen, Fuzhou kiu², Jianou kiu⁹ (Chaozhou khiu² is secondary).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5551

Karlgren code: 1066 a-d

Vietnamese reading: cầu

Shijing occurrences: 1.2_, 9.1_, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 31.3, 33.4, 34.4, 35.4_, 43.1, 43.2, 43.3

Character: 汞

Modern (Beijing) reading: gǒng

Russian meaning[s]: ртуть (Hg)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5506

Character: 沙

Modern (Beijing) reading: shā

Preclassic Old Chinese: srāj

Classic Old Chinese: srāj

Western Han Chinese: ṣāj

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǟ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄

Middle Chinese: ṣạ

English meaning : sand

Russian meaning[s]: 1) песок; песчаный; пески, отмель; 2) крупинки; крупитчатый; 3) сиплый; охрипший; 4) просевать; отсеивать, очищать; 5) Ша (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *srāj 'satin (?)' (in inscriptions), later written as 紗 'muslin, a k. of cloth, thread, fibre'. Viet. has borrowed this word from two dialectal sources as Viet. sa and Viet. the. An older loan from the same source may be Viet. sọ'i 'filament, fibre, thread'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4069

Karlgren code: 0016 a-c

Vietnamese reading: sa

Jianchuan Bai: so4-

Dali Bai: so4-

Bijiang Bai: śo4-

Character: 沁

Modern (Beijing) reading: qìn

Preclassic Old Chinese: shǝms

Classic Old Chinese: shǝmh

Western Han Chinese: shǝmh

Eastern Han Chinese: shjǝmh

Early Postclassic Chinese: shjìm

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shjìm

Late Postclassic Chinese: shjìm

Middle Chinese: chjìm

English meaning : to leak [Tang]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сокр. Циньхэ (река в провинции Шаньси); 2) просачиваться, проникать; 3) измерять глубину воды; 4) 27-е число (в телеграммах)

Comments: Also used for a river name. Viet. thấm is regular, but the standard Sino-Viet. form is (for some reason) tâm. See also 滲, 瀋.

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 8338

Vietnamese reading: thấm

Character: 沈

Modern (Beijing) reading: chén

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Classic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Western Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Chinese: ḍim

English meaning : to sink

Russian meaning[s]: 1) утонуть; утопить; погрузить(ся) в воду; исчезнуть, пропасть; 2) глубокий; глубина; глубоко, сильно; 3) долгий; долгое время; 4) погрязнуть в...; пристраститься к...; предаваться (пороку); 5) подумать, задуматься; насупиться, нахмуриться; 6) подавить; спрятать(ся); притаиться; 7) ирон. нагрузиться (переесть, перепить); 8) вздремнуть; [shěn] Шэнь (фамилия)

Comments: During LZ attested also with derived meanings 'submerged; deep; put poison in a liquid'; *dhrǝm, *dhrǝm-s 'sacrifice in which the gifts are sunk in water'; also read *thǝmʔ, MC ćhím 'juice'; *tǝmʔ, MC śím 'name of a state'. Frequently confused with 沉.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7568

Karlgren code: 0656 b-d

Character: 沉

Modern (Beijing) reading: chén

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Classic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Western Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Chinese: ḍim

English meaning : to sink in, plunge in

Russian meaning[s]: см. 沈

Comments: Frequently confused with 沈. Regular Sino-Viet. is trầm. Another probable Viet. loan from the same source is Viet. d_ắm 'to sink'. For *dh cf. Xiamen thiam⁶ (reflecting *dhrǝm-s), Fuzhou theŋ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7700

Vietnamese reading: chìm

Character: 沅

Modern (Beijing) reading: yuán

Russian meaning[s]: сокр. Юаньцзян (река в провинции Хунань)

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7298

Character: 沛

Modern (Beijing) reading: pèi

Preclassic Old Chinese: pāts

Classic Old Chinese: pāć

Western Han Chinese: pāś

Eastern Han Chinese: pāś

Early Postclassic Chinese: pāś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pā̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: pā̀j

Middle Chinese: pwầj

English meaning : uprooted, fallen down

Russian meaning[s]: 1) болото, поросшее осокой; 2) разлившийся, широкий; обильный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 3926

Karlgren code: 0501 f

Character: 汪

Modern (Beijing) reading: wāng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔʷāŋ

Classic Old Chinese: ʔwāŋ

Western Han Chinese: ʔwāŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔwāŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔwāŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔwāŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwāŋ

Middle Chinese: ʔwâŋ

English meaning : pool; vast [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) водная ширь и глубь; 2) водоем; 3) покрывать поверхность предмета (о воде); увлажнять; 4) скопляться в одном месте (о жидкости); 5) Ван (фамилия)

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 320

Karlgren code: 0739 r

Character: 決

Modern (Beijing) reading: jué

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷēt

Classic Old Chinese: kwēt

Western Han Chinese: kwjāt

Eastern Han Chinese: kwiāt

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwiēt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwiēt

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwiēt

Middle Chinese: kwiet

English meaning : to open a passage

Russian meaning[s]: 1) разобрать плотину, пустить воду; прорвать плотину; 2) решать; решение; привести в исполнение приговор (решение); 3) решительный, непоколебимый; решительно, неизменно; перед отрицанием решительно [не], ни в коем случае [не]; 4) казнить; 5) расставаться, вм. 訣

Comments: A somewhat later meaning is ('to open a passage, break through' >) 'to decide, determine, decisive'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5095

Karlgren code: 0312 b

Vietnamese reading: quyết

Character: 沐

Modern (Beijing) reading: mù

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ōk

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ōk

Western Han Chinese: m(h)ōk

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)ōk

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ōk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ōk

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wōk

Middle Chinese: muk

English meaning : to wash hair

Russian meaning[s]: 1) мыть голову; мыться, купать(ся); 2) пользоваться милостями; 3) отдых, отпуск; отдыхать; 4) Му (фамилия)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 5156

Karlgren code: 1212 e

Character: 汰

Modern (Beijing) reading: tài

Preclassic Old Chinese: thāts

Classic Old Chinese: thāć

Western Han Chinese: thāś

Eastern Han Chinese: thāś

Early Postclassic Chinese: thāś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: thā̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: thā̀j

Middle Chinese: thầj

English meaning : to pass, surpass; be great, superior [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) чрезмерный, излишний, сверх меры; 2) отбор; очищать; очистка; промывка; промывать; отсев; отсеивать (негодное); чистка; исключать

Comments: Originally written with 大 in the right part. Also read *thāt, MC thât id.; *d(h)āts, MC dầj, Mand. dài 'to wash, wash away; discharge, eliminate'. With the latter meaning the character is nowadays also read as tài, and the Sino-Viet. loan tha`i demonstrates the same phonetic transfer. The same character is used to transcribe Viet. tha`y 'to throw' ( < 'discharge'?).

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 4946

Vietnamese reading: thái