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Character: 觓
Modern (Beijing) reading: jīu
Preclassic Old Chinese: kiw
Classic Old Chinese: kiw
Western Han Chinese: kjǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: kjǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: kjiw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kjiw
Late Postclassic Chinese: kjiw
Middle Chinese: kjiw
English meaning : horn-shaped, long and curved
Comments: Also read *giw, MC gjiw id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1064 f
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kĭw
Meaning: curved, bent
Chinese: 觓 *kiw, *giw horn-shaped, long and curved; 樛 *kriw down-curving
Tibetan: dgu to bend, bent, sgu-stegs elbow, angle.
Kachin: ko (H) be bent, curved; dǝgo2 to fold (as an envelope); ku3 be bent.
Lushai: kiu the elbow, point of the elbow.
Comments: Cf. *kjǝ̄̆w.
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