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Character: 髟
Modern (Beijing) reading: biaō
Preclassic Old Chinese: pew
Classic Old Chinese: pew
Western Han Chinese: pjaw
Eastern Han Chinese: pjaw
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjew
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjew
Middle Chinese: pjew
English meaning : long hair
Comments: Also read *piw, MC pjiw id.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1154 a
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pĭw
Meaning: hair, feather
Tibetan: spu hair, feather.
Comments: Cf. also: Miji phiw, Sichuan Daofu ɣra spǝ 'hair'.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-comments,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pVwV ( ~ ṗ-)
Meaning: hair, moustache
Comments and references : LDC 15.
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *phu-
Meaning: moustache
Hunza: phú-ŋi
Nagar: phú-ŋi
Comments: A compound with -ŋi 'beard'.
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : PVWV
Meaning : hair
Amerind (misc.) : *pi 'feather; hair; fly' (R 248) (many forms also under *pici 'skin' R 639?) globet-meaning,globet-scc,globet-austr,globet-amer,
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Austric etymology :
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Proto-Austric: *PVj
Meaning: tuft, hair
Austroasiatic meaning: tuft, hair
Proto-Thai: po:j.A Clf. for hair CK
austr-meaning,austr-prnum,austr-aa,austr-aame,austr-tai,
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :
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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: pVj
Meaning: tuft, hair
Thai: po:j.A Clf. for hair CK
Proto-Katuic: Kui pɔ:i.N < KMR?
Khmer: kǝmp]aoj
aaet-meaning,aaet-prnum,aaet-thai,aaet-kat,aaet-kmr,
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