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Modern (Beijing) reading: yǒu yòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: luʔ
Classic Old Chinese: lú
Western Han Chinese: lǝ́w
Eastern Han Chinese: źǝ́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: źíw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jíw
Late Postclassic Chinese: jíw
Middle Chinese: jǝ́w
English meaning : to entice, seduce, guide
Russian meaning[s]: 1) искушать, соблазнять, совращать; завлекать, заманивать; 2) научать; 3) уводить
Comments: In Mand. also read yòu - which reflects an unattested MC reading *jǝ̀w, also reflected in the literary Sino-Viet. form dụ.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 4619
Karlgren code: 1095 e
Vietnamese reading: dỗ
Shijing occurrences: 23.1_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭH
Meaning: entice, take away
Chinese: *luʔ entice, seduce (cf. also 偷 *slō steal).
Tibetan: slu (p. bslus, f. bslu, i. (b)slu(s)) to entice, allure, ensnare, seduce.
Burmese: luʔ to rob, plunder, take away.
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