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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: èr
Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)ǝks
Classic Old Chinese: n(h)ǝh
Western Han Chinese: n(h)ǝh
Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)ǝh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ɨ̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ɨ̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ɨ̀
Middle Chinese: ńɨ̀
English meaning : look on with contempt, disdain
Comments: Also read *n(h)rǝ̄k, MC ṇạik id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *n(r)[iǝ̄]k
Meaning: blame, humiliate
Chinese: *n_rǝ̄k, *n_ǝks look on with contempt, disdain.
Kachin: (H) nik to humiliate.
Lushai: nēk cause to bear the blame.
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