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Character: 仕
Modern (Beijing) reading: shì
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)rǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)rǝ́
Western Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ́
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ́
Middle Chinese: ʒ̣ɨ́
English meaning : to take office, give office; serve
Russian meaning[s]: служить (на государственной службе); служба; служебная карьера; продвижение по службе
Comments: Same word as 士 *ʒ́(h)rǝʔ q.v.; related to 事 *ʒ́(h)rǝʔ-s q.v.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 139
Karlgren code: 0970 d
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćǝ̆H
Meaning: make
Tibetan: ãćha (p. bćas, ãćhas, f. bća, i. ćhos) to make, prepare.
Kachin: (H) ča to pile or lay, as stones; to build, as stone-wall, to build, as scaffold; mǝča2 a watch-tower in a paddy field.
Lushai: ? sa (sak) to build or erect (as house etc.).
Comments: Coblin 148 compares OCh. 事 and Tib. rʒas thing, matter, object.
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