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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zì
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)eks
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)eh
Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)eh
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jeh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jè
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jè
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jè
Middle Chinese: ʒjè
English meaning : to steep, soak
Russian meaning[s]: 1) погружать (в жидкость); мочить; 2) пропитывать(ся); красить
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 7939
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hĕk (~ -iǝ̆k)
Meaning: wet, soak
Chinese: *ʒ́_eks to steep, soak.
Kachin: šiʔ2 be wet, soaked.
Kiranti: Limbu wa-ʒak-maʔ 'swim'
Comments: Cf. also Tangkul ra-yak (?), Liangmai ʒia, Tani *ʒa, Jiarong nǯak, Pumi *ʒ́V 'swim'.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ʒak
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: to swim
Limbu: wa-ʒak-maʔ
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: wadzakmaʔ, wa-dzag-/wa-dzak-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: swim.
Derivation: [< *wa water]
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