Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 兄

Modern (Beijing) reading: xiōng

Preclassic Old Chinese: smraŋ

Classic Old Chinese: m̥raŋ

Western Han Chinese: m̥raŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: m̥reŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: hweŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: hweŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: hweŋ

Middle Chinese: xwäiŋ

English meaning : elder brother

Russian meaning[s]: 1) старший брат; старший; 2) вежл. уважаемый друг (в обращении к сверстникам)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 10

Four-angle index: 7372

Karlgren code: 0765 a-e

Vietnamese reading: huynh

Shijing occurrences: 26.2, 35.2, 39.2, 49.1_, 51.1, 51.2, 58.5

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