Reconstruction of Uncertain Historical Evolution of the Polysyllablization of Chinese Lexis

Table 1

Statistical data of words of various numbers of syllables.

𝑖	Dynasties	Endpoints	Single syllable		Double syllables		Three or more syllables
	𝑑𝑖	𝑡𝑏^(𝑖)--𝑡𝑒^(𝑖)	𝑔𝑖^(1)	𝑑𝑖^(1)	𝑔𝑖^(2)	𝑑𝑖^(2)	𝑔𝑖^(3+)	𝑑𝑖^(3+)
1	pre-Qin	1045 BC–222 BC	274	7669	246	34406	55	3497
2	Qin, Western Han	221 BC–24 AD	44	1231	135	18881	33	2098
3	Eastern Han	25–219	56	1567	128	17902	22	1399
4	Three kingdoms, Jin	220–419	12	336	115	16084	23	1462
5	Southern and Northern	420–580	44	1231	238	33287	48	3052
6	Sui, Tang	581–907	23	644	275	38461	97	6168
7	5 dynasties, Song	908–1279	138	3862	243	33986	110	6995
8	Yuan, Ming, Qing	1280–1949	37	1036	391	54685	306	19458
		Total		17576		247692		44129