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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: kuí
Preclassic Old Chinese: gruj
Classic Old Chinese: grwǝj
Western Han Chinese: grwǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: grwǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: gwij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwij
Late Postclassic Chinese: gwi
Middle Chinese: gwi
English meaning : demon with only one foot; be reverently fearful
Russian meaning[s]: 1) чудовище; страшный, ужасный; 2) Куй (фамилия)
Comments: For *g cf. Fuzhou ki2 (Chaozhou khui2 must be secondary).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 35
Four-angle index: 6324
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Krŭl
Meaning: a k. of demon
Chinese: *g_ruj demon with only one foot.
Tibetan: grul-bum a class of demons (cf. also srul evil demon, malignant spirit).
Lepcha: tă-gro, tŭk-gro n. of an evil spirit
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lepcha,

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