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Character: 薇
Modern (Beijing) reading: wéi
Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝj
Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝj
Western Han Chinese: m(h)ǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)wǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wɨj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wɨj
Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)wɨj
Middle Chinese: mwɨj
English meaning : name of an edible fern (Osmunda regalis)
Russian meaning[s]: 1) дикий салат; 2) папоротник; 3) шиповник
Comments: The Mand. 1st tone may indicate *mh- (but may as well be a "learned" 平聲).
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 6246
Karlgren code: 0584 f
Shijing occurrences: 14.3_
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭl (~-ɨ̆-)
Meaning: a k. of edible plant
Burmese: mun-la cabbage.
Lepcha: tŭŋ-mel pót a melon, a musk-melon
Comments: Bodo mǝy-ta a k. of sour vegetable. Cf. forms for 'root' in some TB languages: Sherpa mɛr, Apatani lɨ-ma, Naga *ma(n).
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