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Modern (Beijing) reading: yōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: Łoŋ
Classic Old Chinese: Łoŋ
Western Han Chinese: loŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: źoŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: źoŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: joŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: joŋ
Middle Chinese: jöuŋ
English meaning : high wall, wall
Russian meaning[s]: 1) крепость; защитный вал; 2) глинобитная стена
Comments: Also used within a rather enigmatic compound 墉兮 *Łoŋ-g(h)ēj 'late afternoon, 4 pm.'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 3664
Karlgren code: 1185 z
Shijing occurrences: 17.3_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏŋ / *lŏk
Meaning: wall; enclosure
Chinese: *loŋ wall, to wall.
Tibetan: logs side, wall.
Burmese: hlauŋ to put into and shut up.
Kachin: loŋ2 an enclosure, a stable (possibly from Burm.).
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