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Character: 禺
Modern (Beijing) reading: yú
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)o
Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)o
Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)wa
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)wa
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)wo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)wo
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)wo
Middle Chinese: ŋü
English meaning : a k. of fish [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: район, округ; [yù] древн. обезьяна
Comments: The original usage is said to be for a word *ŋ(h)o-s (MC ŋǜ, Pek. yù) 'monkey' (attested only in Liji).
Radical: 114
Four-angle index: 3992
Karlgren code: 0124 a-b
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋǝ̆w
Meaning: monkey
Lushai: ŋau the grey monkey.
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