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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zī
Preclassic Old Chinese: cij
Classic Old Chinese: cij
Western Han Chinese: cjǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: cjǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjij
Late Postclassic Chinese: cji
Middle Chinese: cji
English meaning : sacrificial grain
Comments: Also used for *ʒ(h)īj-s, MC ʒìej, Pek. jì 'a k. of liquor'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0555 g
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cĭj
Meaning: grain, seed
Chinese: *cij sacrificial grain.
Tibetan: chi kernel.
Burmese: ćijʔ seed.
Lushai: či a seed.
Comments: STEDT 339-340 *dzǝy (listing more Kuki-Chin, Naga, LB and Jinuo forms, but without Chin.).
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