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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xí
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhǝp
Classic Old Chinese: lhǝp
Western Han Chinese: lhǝp
Eastern Han Chinese: zhǝp
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhip
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhip
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhip
Middle Chinese: zjip
English meaning : to cover; additional robe over another; repeat
Russian meaning[s]: 1) напасть из-за угла; совершить набег (внезапное нападение); нанести внезапный удар, неожиданно атаковать; нападение, налет; 2) преемствовать; получать; преемственный, наследственный; продолжать; 3) присвоить, совершить плагиат; подражать; подражание; плагиат; 4) верхняя одежда; комплект одежды; костюм; носить (платье); одеться; обряжать (покойника); 5) ставить на подкладку; двойной; соединять вместе; повторять; 6) достигать, распространиться до...; войти; 7) гармония, согласие; 8) Си (фамилия)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 212
Four-angle index: 5690
Karlgren code: 0689 a
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭp (~ -ɨ̆-; k-)
Meaning: cover, add a layer
Chinese: *lhǝp to cover; additional robe over another.
Tibetan: klub (p. klubs) to cover (e.g. the body with ornaments).
Kachin: gǝlup3 to roof, cover; grup2 cover (as with a blanket), wrap (as a child in a blanket).
Lepcha: láp to spread as carpet; tă-lap a sort of bamboo-vessel, small bowl or saucer, generally used as a cover for bowl
Comments: Bodo dźokhlop cover, shut, Dimasa phun-khlub wrap around. Ben. 139-140. The root may be of Austric origin: cf. PAA *Cǝlɨp 'cover', *lɛp 'patch, cover', PAN *lu(m)pi, *lupiq 'fold, hem' (or rather *kulub 'roof, ridge, cover').
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