From Wikipedia,
Ref. for dates: Starostin, Sergei A. 1989, Rekonstrukcija drevnekitajskoj fonologi␂eskoj sistemy , p431-433. Moskva: Nauka.
in: Blažek, Václav, and Michal Schwarz. On Tocharian Vessel-names with Special Regard to B lwake ‘pot’ . (2018).
| Character: | 犬 |
|---|---|
| Modern (Beijing) reading: | quǎn |
| Preclassic Old Chinese: | |
| (10th - 6th cent B.C.) | khʷīnʔ |
| Classic Old Chinese: | |
| (5th - 3rd cent B.C.) | khwī́n |
| Western Han Chinese: | |
| (end of 3rd cent B.C. - 0 A.D.) | khwjǝ̄́n |
| Eastern Han Chinese: | |
| (0 - begin. of 3rd cent A.D.) | khwiǝ̄́n |
| Early Postclassic Chinese: | |
| (3rd cent A.D.) | khwiḗn |
| Middle Postclassic Chinese: | |
| (4th cent A.D.) | khwiḗn |
| Late Postclassic Chinese: | |
| (5th cent A.D.) | khwiḗn |
| Middle Chinese: | |
| (end of 6th - begin. of 10th cent A.D.) | khwíen |
| Fanqie: | 去選 |
| Rhyme class: | 銑 |
| English meaning : | dog |
| Russian meaning[s]: | собака, пес; собачий; по-собачьи; вежл. мой (о детях) |
| Shuowen gloss: | 狗之有縣蹄者也. 象形. 孔子曰. 視犬之字. 如畫狗也. 凡犬之屬皆從犬. |
| Radical: | 94 |
| Four-angle index: | 4947 |
| Karlgren code: | 0479 a-d |
| Vietnamese reading: | khuyê`n |
| Jianchuan Bai: | khuã1 |
| Dali Bai: | khua1 |
| Bijiang Bai: | qhõ1 |