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Modern (Beijing) reading: huò
Preclassic Old Chinese: whrāk
Classic Old Chinese: whrāk
Western Han Chinese: whrāk
Eastern Han Chinese: whrāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: whẹ̄k
Middle Chinese: ɣwạik
English meaning : to catch, take; hit, succeed
Russian meaning[s]: 1) поймать, схватить; получить, приобрести, добыть; добыча, трофей; 2) вышло, получилось; удалось; 3) древн. рабыня
Comments: The word clearly rhymes in *-āk and xie-sheng is unmistakable, thus MC -ạik is irregular (*ɣwạ̈ik would be a normal reflex). OC *wh- is indicated by the aspirated reflex in Fuzhou khek8.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 94
Four-angle index: 6006
Karlgren code: 0784 d, a-c
Shijing occurrences: 27.4
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷrāk ( ~ Ghʷ-)
Meaning: to take, gather
Chinese: *whrāk to catch, take
Tibetan: sgrug (p. bsgrugs, f. bsgrug, i. sgrug(s)) to collect, gather, pluck
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Number: 2271
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 梗合二入麥匣
ZIHUI: 3752 0314
Beijing: xuo 3
Jinan: xuǝ 12
Xi'an: xuei 12
Taiyuan: xuaʔ 42
Hankou: xuô 12
Chengdu: xo 12
Yangzhou: xɔʔ 4
Suzhou: ɦuoʔ 42
Wenzhou: va 42
Changsha: xo 4
Shuangfeng: xuɛ 12
Nanchang: фuɔk 41
Meixian: fɛt 42
Guangzhou: uɔk 42
Xiamen: hîk 42
Chaozhou: huek 41
Fuzhou: xeiʔ 42
Shanghai: uaʔ 42
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