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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: raó
Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)ew (~ ŋ-)
Classic Old Chinese: n(h)ew
Western Han Chinese: n(h)jaw
Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)aw
Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ew
Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ew
Middle Chinese: ńew
English meaning : intestinal worm
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1164 m
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nĕw
Meaning: a k. of worm
Chinese: *n_ew (?ŋ_-) intestinal worm.
Kachin: (H) kǝnu germs, grubs, minute worms.
Comments: Cf. Naga *nV 'snake' (?).
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