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Character: 揣
Modern (Beijing) reading: chuǎi
Preclassic Old Chinese: thorʔ
Classic Old Chinese: thón
Western Han Chinese: thón
Eastern Han Chinese: ćhón
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhón
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhón
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhón
Middle Chinese: ćhwé
English meaning : to measure, estimate
Comments: Also read *thorʔ-s, MC ćhwè id.; *tōrʔ, MC twấ id.; *tōrʔ, MC twấ 'shake, move'. Modern chuǎi is not quite regular (chǔi would be expected).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tū̆rH ( ~ -ō̆rH)
Meaning: measure, compare
Chinese: 揣 *tōrʔ, *thorʔ, *thors to measure, estimate.
Tibetan: sdur compare.
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