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Character: 眉
Modern (Beijing) reading: méi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mrǝj
Classic Old Chinese: mrǝj
Western Han Chinese: mrǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: mrǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: mij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mij
Late Postclassic Chinese: mi
Middle Chinese: mi
English meaning : eyebrow; bank, coast; edge; moment
Russian meaning[s]: 1) брови; 2) край, рамка; поля (вверху страницы)
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is mi. For *m- cf. Xiamen mai2, bai2, Chaozhou bai2, Fuzhou mi2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 109
Four-angle index: 1679
Karlgren code: 0567 a-c
Vietnamese reading: mày
Jianchuan Bai: -me4
Dali Bai: -me5
Bijiang Bai: -mie2
Shijing occurrences: 57.2_
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭl
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hair
Chinese: 眉 *mrǝj eyebrow.
Tibetan: smin eye-brow.
Burmese: mwijh hair.
Kachin: mun1 feather.
Lushai: hmul hair, fur, wool; KC *hmul.
Lepcha: ă-mjal, ă-mjel
Comments: Murmi mui body hair; BG: Garo ki-mil, Dimasa khi-mi; Moshang (kǝ)-mūl feather; Kham mùlL body hair (cf. also mùsL pubic hair, mǝNL moustache); Rawang mil, Trung aŋ3-mǝ̆l1; Rgyarung rmyi. Simon 21; Sh. 122, 125; Ben. 15-16.
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Number: 814
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character: 眉
MC description : 止開三平脂明
ZIHUI: 4168 1153
Beijing: mei 12
Jinan: mei 12
Xi'an: mi 12
Taiyuan: mei 1
Hankou: mei 12
Chengdu: mi 12
Yangzhou: mǝi 12
Suzhou: me_ 12
Wenzhou: mai 12
Changsha: mei 12
Shuangfeng: mi 12
Nanchang: mǝi 31
Meixian: mi 12
Guangzhou: mei 12
Xiamen: mi 12 (lit.); mai 12
Chaozhou: bai 12
Fuzhou: mi 12
Shanghai: me_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: mei 12
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mVɫV ( ~ -ʎ-)
Meaning: hair, moustache
Sino-Tibetan: *mŭl
Burushaski: *mélmel
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Common Burushaski: *ćaq
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: to chew
Yasin: ćaq -́t-
Hunza: ćaq -́t-
Nagar: ćaq -́t-
Comments: Sh. ćaák
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