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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qióng
Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)(r)amʔ
Classic Old Chinese: b(h)(r)ám
Western Han Chinese: b(h)(r)ám
Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)(r)ám
Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ám
Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ǝ́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ǝ́m
Middle Chinese: bwǝ́m
English meaning : a mould; rule, law
Russian meaning[s]: 1) разновидность бамбука; 2) трость
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 2120
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pɨam(H) ( ~ -ua-)
Meaning: rule, example
Chinese: 笵, 範 *b_(r)amʔ a mould; rule, law.
Burmese: pum example; form; mould; marks.
Kachin: (H) bum a story, history (possibly from Burm.).
Comments: Luce 46.
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