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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jué
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷak
Classic Old Chinese: kwak
Western Han Chinese: kwak
Eastern Han Chinese: kwak
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwak
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwak
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwak
Middle Chinese: kwak
English meaning : seize
Russian meaning[s]: схватить когтями (о птице)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 6000
Karlgren code: 0778 b
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷ(r)ăk (~gʷ-)
Meaning: seize, get, collect
Chinese: *kʷak seize.
Tibetan: khug-pa find, get, earn, ãgog-pa (p. bkog, f. dgog, i. khog) to take away, snatch, tear away.
Burmese: kauk to pick up, pick out.
Comments: Luce 80; Coblin 130; Gong 47.
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