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Character: 藷
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhū
Preclassic Old Chinese: ta
Classic Old Chinese: ta
Western Han Chinese: ta
Eastern Han Chinese: ća
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćo
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćo
Middle Chinese: ćö
English meaning : taro [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 藷蔗 сахарный тростник; [shǔ] ямс, вм. 薯
Comments: Usually in the compound 藷蔗 *ta-tia(k)s]. Cf. 薯 *da-s [Han] sweet potato.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 1605
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tɨă ( ~ d-)
Meaning: a k. of vegetable
Chinese: 藷 *ta taro [since Han: usually in the compound 藷蔗 *ta-tia(k)s], 薯 *das [since Han] sweet potato.
Tibetan: do jerusalem artichoke; potato.
Comments: Cf. *[dh]ă.
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