Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 韎

Modern (Beijing) reading: mèi

Preclassic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ts

Classic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ć

Western Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś

Eastern Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś

Early Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: mòj

English meaning : a madder-dyed ceremonial apron of leather (韎鞈)

Comments: During LZ also read *mhǝ̄t-s, *mhrǝ̄t-s (MC mòj, mạ̈̀j) 'a k. of music of the Eastern barbarians'. For *mh- cf. Fuzhou muoi⁵.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0531 q

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūt (~-ɨ̄-)

Meaning: dye

Chinese: 韎 *mǝ̄ts madder-dyed (e. g. leather).

Burmese: hmut to paint, dye.

Comments: Cf. PAN *gamat 'dying plant, dye'.