Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 芼

Modern (Beijing) reading: mào

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)āws

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)āwh

Western Han Chinese: m(h)āwh

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)āwh

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā̀w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā̀w

Middle Chinese: mầw

English meaning : to cull vegetables

Russian meaning[s]: 1) овощи; 2) отбирать, выбирать

Shuowen gloss: 覆蔓.從草.毛聲.詩曰左右芼之.

Comments: There is also a 平聲 reading *m(h)āw, MC mâw (FQ 莫袍), Pek. máo 'vegetable plants (esp. used in soup)'. It is obviously the source of derivation for *m(h)āw-s, but is itself attested only since Late Zhou.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 7226

Karlgren code: 1137 g

Shijing occurrences: 1.3_

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