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Character: 絀
Modern (Beijing) reading: chù
Preclassic Old Chinese: trut
Classic Old Chinese: trwǝt
Western Han Chinese: ṭwǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: ṭwǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭwit
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭwit
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭwit
Middle Chinese: ṭwit
English meaning : to bend [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) недоставать; нехватка; 2) сметывать, сшивать
Comments: Not quite reliable: sometimes considered just a graphic variant of 屈 *khut q.v.; Pek. chù has an aberrant initial.
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 1013
Karlgren code: 0495 g
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ŭt (~ d-)
Meaning: bend
Tibetan: ãtud (p. btud, f. gdud, i. dud, thud) to bend or bow down, to make a bow, ãdud (p. btud etc.) to bend or bow down.
Burmese: tut to bend without breaking, to kneel.
Comments: Luce 50. The OCh. form may be fictitious; it occurs since Late Zhou and is sometimes regarded as a loan for 屈 *khut to bend.
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