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Character: 弱
Modern (Beijing) reading: ruò
Preclassic Old Chinese: nhekʷ
Classic Old Chinese: nheuk
Western Han Chinese: nhjauk
Eastern Han Chinese: ńhauk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńhauk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńhak
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńhak
Middle Chinese: ńak
English meaning : be weak; consider weak
Russian meaning[s]: 1) слабый, бессильный, хилый; слабое место, недостаток; 2) молодой, малолетний; нежный, деликатный; мягкий; 3) терять; 4) меньше, без малого; с минусом
Comments: For *nh- cf. Fuzhou iok7.
Radical: 57
Four-angle index: 4636
Karlgren code: 1123 a
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńĕkʷ
Meaning: weak
Tibetan: sńigs degenerated, grown worse (cf. also ńogs-bjiŋ too soft, ńog-ńoŋ soft, tender, weak - see Gong 49).
Burmese: ńać be upset, heartsick (cf. also hńwak small and weak).
Comments: Cf. Yamphu nä:kma, nä:ʔiye 'soft, tender, smooth'.
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Number: 925
Character: 弱
MC description : 宕開三入藥日
ZIHUI: 1726 0296
Beijing: ẓuo 3
Jinan: luǝ 3
Xi'an: vo 12
Taiyuan: zǝʔ 41; zaʔ 41
Hankou: io 12
Chengdu: zo 12
Yangzhou: lâʔ 4
Suzhou: za_ʔ 42
Wenzhou: ɦia 41
Changsha: ńio 4
Shuangfeng: ńiû 12
Nanchang: ńiɔk 41
Meixian: ńiɔk 42
Guangzhou: jö_k 42
Xiamen: ʒiɔk 42
Chaozhou: ziak 42
Fuzhou: yɔʔ 42
Shanghai: zaʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: žio 43
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