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Modern (Beijing) reading: shì
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ijs
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ić
Western Han Chinese: g(h)jǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)jǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)jiś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)jìj
Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)jì
Middle Chinese: ʒ́ì
English meaning : to enjoy
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пристраститься, любить, иметь склонность; 2) алчность, жадность; скупость
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1587
Karlgren code: 0552 p
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K[i](j)
Meaning: enjoy, rejoice
Chinese: *g_ijs enjoy.
Tibetan: dgjes-pa (resp.) rejoice, be glad.
Comments: Coblin 73. In Ch. cf. also 豈 khǝ̄jʔ 'joyous, pleasant'.
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