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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: fú
Preclassic Old Chinese: phǝt
Classic Old Chinese: phǝt
Western Han Chinese: phǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: phwǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwɨt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwɨt
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwɨt
Middle Chinese: phüt
English meaning : wand with silk pennons carried in ritual dances [LZ]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0276 n
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(j)Vt
Meaning: demon, malignant spirit
Chinese: *pats (also *phǝt) expel noxious influences; 魃 *b_āt demon of draught.
Tibetan: bjad enemy, a wicked demon.
Burmese: phut a wicked demon living in mountains, woods.
Kachin: (H) šǝpot a k. of malignant nat.
Comments: Cf. PAN *abat 'spirit that causes sickness'.
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