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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ken ⪤ mkyen (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ken ⪤ *m-kyen (Matisoff, STEDT); *(m-)kyen (Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; Coblin, 1986)
For a similar semantic development, compare Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see (⇒ view), to know (⇒ wise)”).
Verb
*ken ~ m-kjen
- to see
- to know
Descendants
- Old Chinese:
- 見/见 (*kˁen-s (B-S); *keːns (ZS), “to see, to visit”)
- 見/见, 現/现 (*ɴ-kˁen-s (B-S); *geːns (ZS), “to appear, to show up”)
- 見/见, 現/现 (*m-kˁen-s (B-S); *geːns (ZS), “to cause to appear, to introduce; now”)
- 俔/伣 (*ɴ-kˁenʔ (B-S); *kʰeːns, *geːnʔ (ZS), “to look like, look as if”)
- perhaps also
- 顯/显 (*qʰˁenʔ (B-S); *ŋ̊eːnʔ (ZS), “to display, to manifest; bright”)
- (見 in the oracle bone script - eye on person)
- Middle Chinese: 見/见 (kenH, ɦenH), 現/现 (ɦenH), 俔/伣 (kʰenH, ɦenX), 顯/显 (henX)
The template Template:Sinoxenic does not use the parameter(s): 5=gyeon
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→ Japanese: 見 (けん, ken)
Korean: 견 (見, gyeon)
Vietnamese: kiến (見)
The template Template:Sinoxenic does not use the parameter(s): 5=hyeon
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.**:
→ Japanese: 現 (げん, gen)
Korean: 현 (現, hyeon)
Vietnamese: hiện (現)
- Modern Mandarin
- Beijing: 見/见 (jiàn, /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/), 現/现 (xiàn) (xiàn, /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/), 俔/伣 (xiàn) (qiàn, /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/), 顯/显 (xiǎn) (xiǎn, /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/)
- Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Bodic
- Tibetan
- Written Tibetan: མཁྱེན་པ (mkhyen pa, “to know, to comprehend, to cognise; knowledge, wisdom”)
See also