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Modern (Beijing) reading: lèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: ruts
Classic Old Chinese: rwǝć
Western Han Chinese: rwǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwɨś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwɨ̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwɨ̀j
Middle Chinese: lwì
English meaning : tear [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: слезы; плакать
Comments: Another loan from the same source is Viet. lụy 'tears'. For *r cf. Xiamen lui6, Fuzhou loi6, Chaozhou lui4.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 4972
Karlgren code: 0532 c
Vietnamese reading: lệ
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Number: 1219
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止合三去至來
ZIHUI: 3223 1174
Beijing: lei 3
Jinan: luei 3
Xi'an: luei 3
Taiyuan: luei 3
Hankou: nei 3
Chengdu: nuei 3
Yangzhou: luǝi 3
Suzhou: le_ 32
Wenzhou: lo_y 32
Changsha: nei 31 (lit.); nei 32
Shuangfeng: ny 32; ni 32
Nanchang: lui 32
Meixian: lui 3
Guangzhou: lö_y 32
Xiamen: lui 32
Chaozhou: lui 22
Fuzhou: luei 32
Shanghai: lei 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: luei 3
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