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Character: 赫
Modern (Beijing) reading: hè
Preclassic Old Chinese: hrāk
Classic Old Chinese: hrāk
Western Han Chinese: hrāk
Eastern Han Chinese: hrāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: hẹ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hẹ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: hẹ̄k
Middle Chinese: xạ̈ik
English meaning : be majestic, imposing, haughty
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пылающий; багровый; 2) гневаться; ярость, возмущение; 3) знаменитый; величественный, грандиозный; 4) устрашать, запугивать; страшный
Comments: Schüssler also gives the meaning 'be glowing, fiery', but does not give the usually postulated meaning 'red'. Still, the word probably meant originally 'bright red, glowing red' - which explains well all contexts.
Radical: 155
Four-angle index: 8323
Go-on: kiyaku
Kan-on: kaku
Japanese reading: kyaku;kaku;akai;akiraka
Vietnamese reading: hách
Shijing occurrences: 38.3, 55.1, 55.2
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *xrɨāk
Meaning: red
Tibetan: khrag blood.
Lushai: ṭok be blebby, be red and spotted (as face).
Comments: Bod. 175. Cf. Nusu xri35 'red'
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