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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: áo
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)āw
Middle Chinese: ŋâw
English meaning : to be clamoring
Russian meaning[s]: 嗷嗷 гам, гул голосов; шум, крики о помощи
Comments: Sch.: perhaps same etymon as 敖 *ŋ(h)āw ('to be boisterous'?).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 6215
Karlgren code: 1130 e-f
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā̆w
Meaning: cry
Chinese: *ŋ_āw to clamour; distressed cry (of birds).
Tibetan: ŋu (p. ŋus) to weep; to roar.
Burmese: ŋaw, ŋǝw to cry, weep, LB *(s)ŋǝw.
Comments: Rawang ŋü; Trung ŋǝ2. Sh. 36; Ben. 31.
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