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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: shuò
Preclassic Old Chinese: slakʷ
Classic Old Chinese: l̥auk
Western Han Chinese: l̥auk
Eastern Han Chinese: śauk
Early Postclassic Chinese: śauk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śak
Late Postclassic Chinese: śak
Middle Chinese: śak
English meaning : be beautiful; to melt, fuse
Russian meaning[s]: 1) плавить; расплавлять; растворять; 2) блестящий, прекрасный
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 5284
Karlgren code: 1125 o
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lăkʷ
Meaning: melt, cast
Chinese: *slakʷ to melt, fuse.
Tibetan: lhug to pour, lugs the casting, founding; [?] ldug(s) (pf. ldugs, f. blug, i. blug(s)) to pour; cast.
Burmese: khjak to melt, fuse.
Lepcha: lŭk: so lŭk bam to cause to rain, to pour
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