Resource for Sinitic Readings
小學堂 is a super cool resource that one of my friends recommended me, and I feel like it’s worth checking out, especially for those of you who are interested in Sinitic varieties/linguistics, or for those who just want to see dialectal differences within each Sinitic branch. The main page is all in Chinese, so to make it easier for you to navigate, here’s a screenshot of the main search bar:
To search for a specific character, select 字形, and then either press enter or click on 確定送出 to get to the next step. Then, you’ll see a bunch of dictionaries/links to click on, depending on what Sinitic variety you want to search for. If you’re interested, they also have a search option for different script styles, rime table/dictionary entries, character variants, etc. It’ll look like this:
As you can see in the second bullet, there are links to Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, Mandarin, Gan, Wu, Xiang, Min, Yue, Pinghua and Hakka readings, and within those categories they also have sub-categories of these Sinitic branches (Gou-Lou, Siyi, Guangfu, etc in the Yue branch for example), and IPA pronunciations for the character that was searched (along with tone numbers and tone name). Here’s an example of the Yue readings for the character 心:
It’s split up based on initial/rime like it’s typically done in Chinese phonological classification, so it’s super useful for quick reference.
This site is really useful, especially for the more linguistically inclined people who are interested in Chinese languages! I haven’t found many other sites like these that are structured so well with so much (FREE) useful information, so definitely check it out!