Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 睢

Modern (Beijing) reading: suī

Russian meaning[s]: 1) перевести взор; не сводить глаз; 2) своевольно; произвольно; 3) Суй (фамилия)

Radical: 109

Four-angle index: 863

Character: 矮

Modern (Beijing) reading: ǎi

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔrēʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ʔrḗ

Western Han Chinese: ʔrḗ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔriḗ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔiẹ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔiẹ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔiẹ̄́

Middle Chinese: ʔạ̈́

English meaning : short, low, dwarfish [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) низкорослый, короткий; карлик, пигмей; 2) низкий, подлый

Comments: Attested since Han (thus the phonetic reconstruction is somewhat dubious); *ʔʷrēʔ is also possible (cf. parallel readings in SKor. oai and Jap. wai).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 111

Four-angle index: 8849

Go-on: e

Kan-on: ai

Japanese reading: e;ai;wai

Character: 碎

Modern (Beijing) reading: suì

Preclassic Old Chinese: shūts

Classic Old Chinese: shwǝ̄ć

Western Han Chinese: shwǝ̄ś

Eastern Han Chinese: shwǝ̄ś

Early Postclassic Chinese: shwǝ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shwǝ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: shwǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: sòj

English meaning : to break; splinter, broken piece

Russian meaning[s]: 1) разбить(ся); осколки, обломки; разбитый; мелкий; вдребезги; 2) разрозненный; случайный; мелочи, пустяки; 3) болтовня; болтать

Comments: Colloquial Viet. tho`i reflects *sh-, thus parallelling the Min reflexes (Xiamen chui⁵, Fuzhou chöü⁵, Jianou cho⁵). Standard Sino-Viet. is toái.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 2301

Karlgren code: 0490 n

Vietnamese reading: tho`i

Character: 碰

Modern (Beijing) reading: pèng

Russian meaning[s]: 1) столкнуться; стукнуться; 2) налететь на...; наскочить; 3) встретиться; улучить (момент); 4) случиться; 5) ошибиться

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 506

Character: 碗

Modern (Beijing) reading: wǎn

Russian meaning[s]: чашка; пиала

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 7038

Character: 碘

Modern (Beijing) reading: dian

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 碌

Modern (Beijing) reading: lù

Preclassic Old Chinese: rhōk

Classic Old Chinese: rhōk

Western Han Chinese: rhōk

Eastern Han Chinese: rhōk

Early Postclassic Chinese: lhōk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhōk

Late Postclassic Chinese: lhwōk

Middle Chinese: luk

English meaning : precious (stone); rough, coarse

Russian meaning[s]: 1) мелкий камень; 2) трудный; неприятный

Comments: See 琭.

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 5527

Character: 碉

Modern (Beijing) reading: diāo

Russian meaning[s]: каменное здание (тип постройки в Тибете)

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 3799

Character: 硼

Modern (Beijing) reading: peng

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Character: 碑

Modern (Beijing) reading: bēi

Preclassic Old Chinese: pre

Classic Old Chinese: pre

Western Han Chinese: pre

Eastern Han Chinese: pre

Early Postclassic Chinese: pe

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pe

Late Postclassic Chinese: pe

Middle Chinese: pe

English meaning : stele [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: стела, мемориальная доска; монумент; надгробный памятник

Comments: Viet. bia is colloquial; literary Sino-Viet. is bi.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 2278

Karlgren code: 0874 d

Vietnamese reading: bia

Character: 碓

Modern (Beijing) reading: duì

Preclassic Old Chinese: tūjs

Classic Old Chinese: twǝ̄jh

Western Han Chinese: twǝ̄jh

Eastern Han Chinese: twǝ̄ś

Early Postclassic Chinese: twǝ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: twǝ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: twǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: tòj

English meaning : mortar [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: толчея, ручная мельница; толочь; обдирать рис

Radical: 112

Four-angle index: 859

Jianchuan Bai: tui2-

Dali Bai: tue3-

Bijiang Bai: tui2

Character: 祺

Modern (Beijing) reading: qí

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Western Han Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)ǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)ɨ

Middle Chinese: gɨ

English meaning : prosperity, fortunate

Russian meaning[s]: 1) счастье, удача; 2) спокойствие, благоденствие; спокойный, благополучный

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 113

Four-angle index: 7873

Karlgren code: 0952 y

Character: 祿

Modern (Beijing) reading: lù

Preclassic Old Chinese: rōk

Classic Old Chinese: rōk

Western Han Chinese: rōk

Eastern Han Chinese: rōk

Early Postclassic Chinese: lōk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lōk

Late Postclassic Chinese: lwōk

Middle Chinese: luk

English meaning : blessings

Russian meaning[s]: 1) жалованье; карьера; 2) благополучие, счастье; 3) Лу (фамилия)

Comments: Also written without the radical in the bronze inscriptions. For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen lɔk⁸, Chaozhou lok⁸, Fuzhou luok⁸.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 113

Four-angle index: 5530

Karlgren code: 1208 h

Character: 禁

Modern (Beijing) reading: jìn

Preclassic Old Chinese: krǝms

Classic Old Chinese: krǝmh

Western Han Chinese: krǝmh

Eastern Han Chinese: krǝmh

Early Postclassic Chinese: kìm

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kìm

Late Postclassic Chinese: kìm

Middle Chinese: kìm

English meaning : to forbid, prohibit [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) запрещать; запрет; запретный; запрещенное законом; 2) стар. местожительство императора; 3) отказаться от...; табу; воздерживаться от...; поститься; 4) заключить в тюрьму; [jīn] 1) выдержать, вытерпеть; 2) годиться для...

Comments: Also read jīn, MC kim, OC *krǝm 'to endure; be fit for' (a late reading, since Tang).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 113

Four-angle index: 8202

Karlgren code: 0655 k

Vietnamese reading: cấm

Character: 萬

Modern (Beijing) reading: wàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: mans (~ -rs)

Classic Old Chinese: manh

Western Han Chinese: manh

Eastern Han Chinese: mwanh

Early Postclassic Chinese: mwàn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mwǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: mwǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: mwǝ̀n

English meaning : be ten-thousand, myriad

Russian meaning[s]: 1) десять тысяч; тьма; мириады; бесчисленный, несметный; 2) все, всякие; все- (префикс); 3) во что бы то ни стало; во всяком случае; перед отрицанием ни в коем случае, ни за что; 4) крайне, в высшей степени; 5) Вань (фамилия)

Comments: Also used for a homonymous *mans (~-rs) 'a ritual dance'. Standard Sino-Viet. is vạn (there also is a variant vàn). For *m- cf. Xiamen ban⁶, Chaozhou bueŋ⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 4001

Karlgren code: 0267 a-b

Go-on: mon

Kan-on: ban

Japanese reading: man;ban;yorozu

Vietnamese reading: muôn

Jianchuan Bai: ŋü2

Dali Bai: ŋü3

Bijiang Bai: va4

Shijing occurrences: 38.1, 38.2

Character: 禽

Modern (Beijing) reading: qín

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghǝm

Classic Old Chinese: ghǝm

Western Han Chinese: ghǝm

Eastern Han Chinese: ghǝm

Early Postclassic Chinese: ghim

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghim

Late Postclassic Chinese: ghim

Middle Chinese: gim

English meaning : to catch, capture

Russian meaning[s]: 1) птицы, пернатые; 2) животное; 3) схватить, арестовать, вм. 擒

Comments: The character is more frequently used (since L.Zhou) with the meaning 'wild bird(s)' ( 'smth. caught'), whereas for the meaning 'to catch, capture' one uses the character 擒. For *gh cf. Chaozhou khim², Fuzhou khiŋ². Sag. 30 compares Chin. with AN *-gem 'grasp in the fist'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 114

Four-angle index: 3981

Karlgren code: 0651 j-m

Vietnamese reading: cầm

Character: 稜

Modern (Beijing) reading: léng

Preclassic Old Chinese: rǝ̄ŋ

Classic Old Chinese: rǝ̄ŋ

Western Han Chinese: rǝ̄ŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: rǝ̄ŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: lʌŋ

English meaning : angle ( = 棱); severe, awesome [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) брусок; 2) грань; ребро; угол, выступ; 3) грозный, величественный

Comments: For *r cf. Xiamen, Fuzhou liŋ², Chaozhou leŋ².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 115

Four-angle index: 6292

Character: 稚

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhì

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhǝjʔ

Classic Old Chinese: Łhǝ́j

Western Han Chinese: Łhǝ́j

Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ́j

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhɨ́j

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhɨ́j

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhɨ́j

Middle Chinese: ḍì

English meaning : to sow late; unripe, young, childish

Russian meaning[s]: малолетний; молодой, птенец

Comments: Originally (and throughout Early Zhou) written with the phonetic 犀. Falling tone in MC is secondary (the word rhymes in 上聲 in Shijing). Standard Sino-Viet. is trĩ.

Radical: 115

Four-angle index: 892

Karlgren code: 0575 y

Vietnamese reading: tre`

Shijing occurrences: 54.3

Character: 稠

Modern (Beijing) reading: chóu

Preclassic Old Chinese: dru (~ -iw)

Classic Old Chinese: dru

Western Han Chinese: ḍǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍiw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍǝw

Middle Chinese: ḍǝw

English meaning : dense, numerous [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: густой, многолюдный; множество; [tiáo] привести в порядок, вм. 調

Comments: For *d- cf. Xiamen, Fuzhou tiu² (Chaozhou ciu¹ may reflect an unattested variant *tru, MC *ṭǝw).

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 115

Four-angle index: 3804

Karlgren code: 1083 l

Character: 稔

Modern (Beijing) reading: rěn

Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)imʔ

Classic Old Chinese: n(h)ím

Western Han Chinese: n(h)jǝ́m

Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)ǝ́m

Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ím

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ím

Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ím

Middle Chinese: ńím

English meaning : harvest, year

Russian meaning[s]: 1) спелые колосья; спелый; жатва; урожайный; 2) сезон; год; 3) накапливаться, назревать [издавна]; 4) хорошо знать, быть опытным в...

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 115

Four-angle index: 8429

Karlgren code: 0670 d