Character: 吞
Modern (Beijing) reading: tūn
Preclassic Old Chinese: thǝ̄n
Classic Old Chinese: thǝ̄n
Western Han Chinese: thǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: thǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄n
Late Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄n
Middle Chinese: thʌn
English meaning : to swallow [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) проглотить; 2) поглотить, присвоить, завладеть; аннексировать
Comments: PST *dhǝ̄n / *dhǝ̄ŋ, cf. Tib. ãthuŋ (p. ãthuŋs, i. ãthuŋ) 'to drink, suck, smoke'; LB *taŋ 'to drink' (?cf. also Burm. tǝuk id.); Lush. dāwn 'drink (poet.)'. See IST 125.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1378
Karlgren code: 0361 d
Jianchuan Bai: thuɛ̃4
Dali Bai: thui6
