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Character: 卣
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǒu
Preclassic Old Chinese: lu
Classic Old Chinese: lu
Western Han Chinese: lǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: źǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: źiw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jiw
Late Postclassic Chinese: jiw
Middle Chinese: jǝw
English meaning : flask, bottle; wine (in bronze inscriptions)
Russian meaning[s]: древн. чара для вина
Comments: The meaning attributed to the character later is 'wine bottle'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 25
Four-angle index: 1917
Karlgren code: 1081 a-f
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jŭ
Meaning: beer, wine
Chinese: 卣 *lu wine bottle (also "wine" in bronze inscriptions).
Lushai: zu beer or any fermented liquor; the nectar of a flower, KC *yu.
Comments: Tsangla yu; BG: Dimasa dźu, Garo tśu; Banpara zu; Thebor yu; Digaro, Dhimal yu. Sh.42, 430; Ben. 32.
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