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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xī
Preclassic Old Chinese: srit
Classic Old Chinese: srit
Western Han Chinese: ṣjǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨt
Middle Chinese: ṣit
English meaning : cricket
Russian meaning[s]: сверчок (Gryllodes berthellus)
Comments: Used only in 蟋 蟀 *srit-srut 'cricket'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 8463
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rĭt / *rŭt
Meaning: cricket
Chinese: 蟋蟀 *srit-srut cricket.
Burmese: puʔ-rać cricket.
Kachin: (H) kǝrot a sp. of cricket.
Comments: Trung śǝ3-rĕt1 cricket. Cf. PAA *ri:t / *rɛ:t 'cricket, cicada' (Peiros 1998, 226).
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