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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiaǒ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćewʔ
Classic Old Chinese: céw
Western Han Chinese: cjáw
Eastern Han Chinese: cjáw
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjéw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjéw
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjéw
Middle Chinese: cjéw
English meaning : to make weary; to cut off
Comments: Also read *ćhrēw, MC c̣hạw, Pek. chāo 'snatch' (probably the original meaning of the graph).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1169 c
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć[ĕ]wH
Meaning: tired, weary
Chinese: *ćewʔ to make weary (cf. also 憔 *ʒ́_ew haggard, 憔 *ʒ́_ew deteriorate, worn).
Burmese: ćhǝwʔ to be tired.
Kachin: (H) cu, acu be tired, stiffed, aching (possibly < Burm.).
Lushai: čau (čauʔ) be tired out, worn out.
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