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Modern (Beijing) reading: pū
Preclassic Old Chinese: phā
Classic Old Chinese: phā
Western Han Chinese: phā
Eastern Han Chinese: phā
Early Postclassic Chinese: phō
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phō
Late Postclassic Chinese: phō
Middle Chinese: pho
English meaning : to suffer
Russian meaning[s]: болеть; болезнь
Shuowen gloss: 病也.從**.甫聲.詩曰.我僕痡矣. [348]
Comments: Sometimes also written as 鋪 (q.v.); also read *pha, MC phü, Pek. fū id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 104
Four-angle index: 3661
Karlgren code: 0102 |g ́
Shijing occurrences: 3.4_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ā̆
Meaning: tired, exhausted
Chinese: *phā̆ suffering, exhausted.
Burmese: phah be tired, exhausted.
Kachin: (H) ba be tired, fatigued, exhausted.
Comments: Perhaps here (from original causative?) Tujia pu.3, Tani *pa 'kill'.
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