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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhì
Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhajʔ
Classic Old Chinese: Łháj
Western Han Chinese: Łháj
Eastern Han Chinese: lháj
Early Postclassic Chinese: dháj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dháj
Late Postclassic Chinese: dháj
Middle Chinese: ḍé
English meaning : cleave wood following the fibres
Comments: Also read *ƛhajʔ, MC ṭhé, Pek. chǐ id.; loan (L.Zhou) for *Łaj, MC je, Pek. yí 'a tree resembling a white poplar'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0004 y
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛăjH
Meaning: cleave wood following the fibres
Chinese: *ƛhajʔ, *Łhajʔ cleave wood following the fibres.
Kachin: pǝli3 a bamboo split, used for tying.
Lushai: hlai to flay skin or split (as cane for tying).
Lepcha: klă to cut in two with one stroke; to cleave
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